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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 2
Buckley-class destroyer escortlarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
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| Displacement | — | 1,740 tons (fully loaded)[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers , two GE steam turbines of 13,500 horsepower (10,100 kW) total, two generators (9,200 kilowatts (12,300 hp) total), 12,000 horsepower (8,900 kW) of electric motors drove the two propeller shafts[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Buckley class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | World War II United States Navy Royal Navy Post-War Chilean Navy Republic of China Navy Colombian National Navy Ecuadorian Navy Republic of Korea Navy Mexican Navy Philippine Navy Royal Navy United States Navy |
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306 ft (93.3 m)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source32 knots (59 km/h )[source]
Maximum; most ships could attain
Single sourceMaximum; Speed · source measurement 2
Single sourceMaximum; Speed · source measurement 3
Single source24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (most ships could attain 26/27 knots)[source]
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| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 154[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 154[source] |
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| Active | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Destroyer escort[source] |
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| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | Radar: Type SL surface search fixed to mast above yard arm, type SC and SA air search only fitted to certain ships Sonar : Type 128D or Type 144 both in retractable dome. Direction Finding: MF direction finding antenna fitted in front of the bridge and HF/DF Type FH 4 antenna fitted on top of mast[source] |
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| Armament | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] | Main guns: 3 × 3 inch /50 Mk 22 dual-purpose open mount Anti-aircraft guns: 4 × 1.1 inch/75 (28mm) guns or 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns (not included on Captain -class ships) 8 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Some of the ships had an extra one or two Oerlikons fitted on top of the superstructure amidships Captain -Class units had additional 20 mm guns Torpedo tubes : 3 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in a triple mount Hedgehog mortar Up to 200 depth charges[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Bethlehem Steel Hingham Shipyard , MA Fore River Shipyard , MA San Francisco Shipyard , CA Charleston Navy Yard , SC Consolidated Steel , TX Defoe Shipbuilding , MI Dravo Corporation , PA Norfolk Navy Yard , VA Philadelphia Navy Yard , PA[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Evarts class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Cannon class[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 350 tons oil (fuel)[source] |
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