Almirante Tamandare

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Almirante Tamandare

Post by shipstamps » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:19 pm


Brazil has shown two of her post-war naval acquisitions on a pair of stamps issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Admiral Tamandare, a father of the Brazilian Navy. A 2.50 crs. stamp shows the cruiser Tamandare of 10,000 tons standard displacement, 13,500 tons fully loaded. She was originally the cruiser St. Louis of the U.S. Navy and was transferred to Brazil on January 29, 1951, for a sum representing 10 per cent of the original cost plus the expense of reconditioning her.
The Tamandare was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and laid down on December 10, 1936, launched on April 15, 1938, and completed on December 10, 1939. A hangar right aft can accommodate six aircraft together with engine spares and duplicate parts although four planes were the normal capacity. The cruiser's dimensions are 608'/2 ft. overall length, 69 ft. beam and a maximum draft of 24 ft. Her armament consists of 15, 6 in., eight, 5 in., 28, 40 mm. AA.., and 24, 20 mm. A.A. guns, and she has a cruising radius of 14,500 miles at 15 knots. Her maximum complement is 975. At the same time Brazil also bought the similar cruiser Philadelphia, which has now been renamed Barroso.

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