ARP Paraguay

ARP Paraguay in 2016
History
Paraguay
Name	Paraguay
Builder	Cantieri navali Odero (Sestri Ponente, Genoa)
Laid down	12 April 1929
Launched	22 June 1930
Commissioned	21 January 1931
Identification	Pennant number: C1
Fate	since 1972 serves as hulk
General characteristics
Class and type	Humaitá-class river gunboat
Displacement	full: 835 t (822 long tons) maximum: 1,050 t (1,030 long tons)
Length	71.2 m (233 ft 7 in)
Draft	1.67–2.13 m (5 ft 6 in – 7 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 x 1500 hp – 2 Parsons-type steam turbines
Speed	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	2,822 nmi (5,226 km; 3,247 mi)
Complement	242 (during wartime) 151 (during peacetime) 96 (skeleton crew) up to 1,200 passengers
Armament	4 guns of 120 mm caliber 3 guns of 76 mm caliber 2 anti-aircraft guns of 40 mm caliber 6 naval mines

Paraguay is a Humaitá-class river gunboat of the Paraguayan Navy. Launched in 1930, it participated in the Chaco War, transporting soldiers to the front. After the war, it took part in numerous coups d'état. In 1972, it was withdrawn from the Armada Nacional as a combat ship and has since served as a training and representational hulk.