Venezuelan patrol vessel Pagalo explained
-- warships except submarines -->| Ship Image: | PG-51 Pegalo clase Págalo tipo PB (Damen Stan Patrol 2606).jpg | | Ship Caption: | Pagalo |
| Ship Type: | Patrol vessel | | Ship Displacement: | 25 tons | | Ship Length: | 26.5m (86.9feet) | | Ship Beam: | 5.9m (19.4feet) | | Ship Complement: | 11 | | Ship Armament: | - 3 x 12.5 mm machine guns
- 3 x 7.62 mm machine guns
- 1 x 40 mm automatic grenade launcher
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Pagalo (PG-51) is a
patrol vessel operated by the
Venezuelan Coast Guard.
[1] [2] When she was commissioned in 2008 she was the first warship built in
Venezuela. The vessel was built in the
UCOCAR shipyards in
Puerto Cabello to a variant of a design from the
Damen Group. Other nations operate similar designs, including the operated by the
United States Coast Guard. According to the think tank
Global Security Venezuela's 2606 patrol vessels are armed with six machine guns and a grenade launcher.
[3] President Hugo Chavez officiated at the vessel's commissioning at La Guaira.[4]
Notes and References
- News: El presidente Chávez abandera el primer buque de guerra construido en Venezuela . 2008-09-11 . President Chavez championed the first warship built in Venezuela . Soitu . es.
- News: Cuba construirá cuatro buques para la Armada . . 2012-08-09 . . es . Cuba will build four ships for the Navy . 2014-07-15 . La Armada venezolana cuenta dos buques construidos con asistencia de Damen. El remolcador de altura "Francisco de Miranda" (RA-11) y el patrullero "Pagalo" (PG-51), modelo Damen Stan Patrol 2605..
- Web site: Venezuela Naval Forces Modernization . . 2019-04-24 . The Stan Patrol 2606 craft will mount three 12.7mm and three 7.62 machine guns and one automatic grenade launcher..
- News: Chávez abandera el primer buque patrullero fabricado en Venezuela . Chavez is leading the first patrol vessel manufactured in Venezuela . . . 2008-09-11 . es.
