PIRANA (Mark II) class (Bolivia)

Country of Origin: Bolivia

ship list


 42 PIRANA-class PATROL BOATS (PB)

 LP-01 through LP-42

description

These U.S.-built boats were transferred from the United States to Bolivia for drug-enforcement duties. There were 32 delivered between 1992 and 1998; four more were delivered in 1998 and then six additional units in 1999.

status

All are active. All are assigned to the Diablos Azules (Blue Devils) in the counter-narcotics division of the Bolivian navy.

builders

 Boston Whaler, Rockland, Mass., and Edgewater, Fla.

characteristics

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