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GRAL. MANUEL JOSE ARCE (BL-01) class

Country of Origin: El Salvador


 0 GRAL. MANUEL JOSE ARCE (BL-01) class PATROL SHIP (PS)
     (ex-USCGC BALSAM class)

 Name                    Pendant  Launched       Commissioned  Status

 GRAL. MANUEL JOSE ARCE  BL-01    Nov. 11, 1942  May 30, 1943  Stricken
   (ex-USCGC MADRONA, WLB-302)

MADRONA, of the robustly constructed U.S. Coast Guard BALSAM class, was decommissioned from the U.S. Coast Guard and stricken on Dec. 4, 2002.

She was transferred the same day to El Salvador and renamed GRAL....

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