ARV Aragua

	The destroyer Aragua
History
Venezuela
Name	ARV Aragua
Namesake	Aragua
Ordered	1950
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs Shipyards Barrow in Furness
Identification	D-31
General characteristics
Class & type	Nueva Esparta-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,600 tons; Full load: 3,670 tons;
Length	402 ft (122,5 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 50,000 shp
Speed	34 kn ( km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi at 10 kn, 1 month
Complement	18 officers and 236 crew members
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication; Radar Type 291 air warning; Radar Type 274 navigation; Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI; Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II;
Armament	6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI; 4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II; 2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V; 2 × Torpedo tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 1 × 'Squid A/S mortar;

ARV Aragua was a Nueva Esparta-class destroyer for the Venezuelan Navy. Named for the Venezuelan state of Aragua, it was the leader of the 3rd Destroyer Division and the first one of her own sub-class, among ships built in the United Kingdom for Venezuela naval forces in the 1950s. Built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow, Aragua was laid down on 29 June 1953, launched on 27 January 1955, and completed on 14 February 1956. The ship continued in naval service until 1975.^[1]

References

^ Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1983). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1982 Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations. London: Conway Maritime Press Ltd. p. 428. ISBN 0-87021-919-7.

[1] Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1983). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1982 Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations. London: Conway Maritime Press Ltd. p. 428. ISBN 0-87021-919-7.

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