Chilean destroyer Ministro Portales (DD-17)
Ministro Portales was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer purchased by Chile in 1974 from the United States that had been upgraded to FRAM II. Built and commissioned as USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) in 1944, the ship saw service during World War II and the Korean War. Between 1975 and 1976, the vessel was refitted with an extension on the flight deck for Alouette-III Helicopters. Ministro Portales participated in the counteractive measures to the Operation Soberanía during the Beagle conflict in 1978. In this period, all the Chilean navy ships were camouflaged.
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Chilean destroyer Ministro Portales (DD-17)
Ministro Portales was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer purchased by Chile in 1974 from the United States that had been upgraded to FRAM II. Built and commissioned as USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) in 1944, the ship saw service during World War II and the Korean War. Between 1975 and 1976, the vessel was refitted with an extension on the flight deck for Alouette-III Helicopters. Ministro Portales participated in the counteractive measures to the Operation Soberanía during the Beagle conflict in 1978. In this period, all the Chilean navy ships were camouflaged.
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Ministro Portales was a Allen ...... nk during a practice exercise.
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1974-01-08
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1944-12-26
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1973-12-15
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1944-01-31
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1,146048e+2
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1944-09-30
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ToChile8 January 1974
Used as a target ship offCape Hornon 11 November 1998
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13.515.715
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737.215.502
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*6 × 5 in/38 guns
*12 × 40 mm ...... tors,
*2 × depth charge tracks
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*2 propellers
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1973-12-15
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Ministro Portales was a Allen ...... n navy ships were camouflaged.
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Chilean destroyer Ministro Portales (DD-17)
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Ministro Portales
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USS Douglas H. Fox
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