ISLA DE LA PLATA (LG-37) class

 2 ISLA DE LA PLATA-class PATROL CRAFT (WPC)

 Name                Pendant No.    In Service       Status

 ISLA DE LA PLATA    LG-37          June 11, 1971    Active
   (ex-Ecuadorian coast guard 9 DE OCTUBRE, LG-37;
   ex-Ecuadorian Navy MANTA, LM-25)
 ISLA SANTA CLARA    LG-38          June 23, 1971    Active
   (ex-Ecuadorian coast guard 27 DE OCTUBRE, LG-38; ex-Ecuadorian
   navy NUEVO ROCAFUERTE, LM-27; ex-TENA)
 TULCAN              LM-26          April 2, 1971    Sunk

The LG-37 and LG-38 were transferred from the navy to the coast guard in 2000. Both ships refitted and modernized in 2003/2004 at Astinane, Guayaguil. They were renamed around 2008.

The first two units are active. They are subordinated to the coast guard.

 Friedrich Lurssen Werft, Vegesack, Germany

Displacement:       119 tons standard
                    134 tons full load
Dimensions:
     length         119 ft 4 in (36.40 m) overall
     beam            19 ft      ( 5.80 m)
     draft            5 ft 9 in ( 1.80 m) maximum
Propulsion:         2 General Motors Detroit Diesel type
                      16V-149T1 diesels; 9,000 total bhp;
                      3 shafts
Performance:
     speed          35 knots
     range          700 nm at 30 kts.; 1,500 nm at 15 kts.
Manning:            19 total
Combat Systems
     guns           1 20-mm AA
                    1 12.7-mm machine gun
     radars         1 navigation
                    1 Thales Pollux fire control
     EW             1 Thales DR-2000S intercept

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ex-MANTA class