Brown-class destroyer

	ARA Almirante Brown
Class overview
Name	Brown class
Builders	Bath Iron Works; Bethlehem Steel; Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company;
Operators	Argentine Navy
Preceded by	Buenos Aires class
Succeeded by	Seguí class
Subclasses	Almirante Domecq Garcia class
Built	1942-1943
In commission	1961-1982
Planned	5
Completed	5
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 × propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-6 air-search radar; AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar; Mark 37 fire-control system;
Armament	4 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns; 3 × twin 40 mm bofors; 1 × quin Mark 15 torpedo tubes; 2 Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 1 × Depth charge tracks;

The Brown-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Argentine Navy. Five ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1961 until 1982.

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