Navy of Paraguay

NOT CURRENTLY ACTIVE

The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.

—Mission statement of the Paraguayan Navy

Organization
Secretary of Defense- Madam Tamie Sabb

Joint Chief of Staff-

Chief of Naval Operations- ADM

Commandant of the Marine Corps- Gen.

Task Forces
Task Force 1:

Marine Corps
1st Marine Expeditionary Unit (900) Ground Combat Element: 3rd Battalion 1st Marines Aviation Combat Element: HMM-268 Logistics Combat Element: Combat Logistics Battalion 11

2nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (900) Ground Combat Element: 8th Battalion 21st Marines Aviation Combat Element: HMM-140 Logistics Combat Element: Combat Logistics Battalion 10

3rd Marine Expeditionary Unit (900) Ground Combat Element: 11th Battalion 14th Marines Aviation Combat Element: HMM-108 Logistics Combat Element: Combat Logistics Battalion 18

4th Marine Expeditionary Unit (900) Ground Combat Element: 9th Battalion 5th Marines Aviation Combat Element: HMM-161 Logistics Combat Element: Combat Logistics Battalion 19

5th Marine Expeditionary Unit (900) Ground Combat Element: 25th Battalion 4th Marines Aviation Combat Element: HMM-184 Logistics Combat Element: Combat Logistics Battalion 28

Weapons
Beretta M9 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/M9-pistolet.jpg/300px-M9-pistolet.jpg

M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/USMC-120427-M-SR181-035.jpg/220px-USMC-120427-M-SR181-035.jpg

M249 light machine gun http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/PEO_M249_Para_ACOG.jpg/300px-PEO_M249_Para_ACOG.jpg

M252 mortar http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Securing_Barge_Matal.jpg/200px-Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Securing_Barge_Matal.jpg

Aircraft
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/SH-60B_Seahawk.jpg/300px-SH-60B_Seahawk.jpg

Bell AH-1Z Viper http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/AH-1Z_HMLA-303_in_flight_2008.jpg/300px-AH-1Z_HMLA-303_in_flight_2008.jpg

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/US_Navy_080220-N-5180F-015_A_Marine_Corps_MV-22_Osprey_prepares_to_land_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_Nassau_%28LHA_4%29.jpg/300px-US_Navy_080220-N-5180F-015_A_Marine_Corps_MV-22_Osprey_prepares_to_land_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_Nassau_%28LHA_4%29.jpg

Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/USMC_CH-53E_Super_Stallion.JPG/220px-USMC_CH-53E_Super_Stallion.JPG

F-35 B/C http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg/220px-US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg

EA-18G Growler http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/US_Navy_090217-N-3610L-243_An_EA-18G_Growler_assigned_to_the_.jpg/220px-US_Navy_090217-N-3610L-243_An_EA-18G_Growler_assigned_to_the_.jpg

Grumman C-2 Greyhound http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/C-2A_NP-2000_USS_Carl_Vinson_2009.jpg/220px-C-2A_NP-2000_USS_Carl_Vinson_2009.jpg

Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/E-2C_Landing.jpg/220px-E-2C_Landing.jpg

Marine Land Vehicles
Assault Amphibious Vehicle http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/AAV-australia.jpg/220px-AAV-australia.jpg

MRAP http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Navistar_MaxxPro.JPG/220px-Navistar_MaxxPro.JPG http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/1st_MaxxPros_in_Iraq.jpg/220px-1st_MaxxPros_in_Iraq.jpg

Ships
The following are used/planned for the Navy of Paraguay.

Patterson-Class LCS
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/USS-Freedom-rear-130222-N-DR144-367.jpg/220px-USS-Freedom-rear-130222-N-DR144-367.jpg

General characteristics

 * Crew: 60
 * Displacement: 2,000 metric tons light, 2,700 metric tons full, 569 metric tons deadweight
 * Length: 378 ft (96.01 m)
 * Beam: 104 ft (31.70 m)
 * Draft: 13 ft (3.96 m)
 * Propulsion: 2 x MVDG17 Diesel, 23,664 hp (17.6 MW)
 * Speed: 47 knots
 * Range: 3,800 nm
 * Complement: 60 core crew (12 officers, 15 enlisted) plus up to 33 mission crew

Armament

 * 1 x M-190 100mm
 * 2 x pedestal machine gun 14.5mm
 * 1 x MAW01
 * 2 x
 * 1 x 8VL missiles
 * 4 x decoy launchers for chaff and infrared decoys

Sensors and processing systems

 * PING-20 navigational radar
 * PONG-10 air and surface radar
 * ICMS (Integrated Combat Management System)

Aircraft

 * 2 x MH-60R/S Seahawk

Liberty-Class Landing Ship
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mistral_mg_6102.jpg/300px-Mistral_mg_6102.jpg

General characteristics

 * Crew: 20 officers, 80 petty officers, 60 Quarter-masters
 * Displacement: 20,000 t
 * Length: 199 m
 * Beam: 32 m
 * Draft: 6,3 m
 * Propulsion: 2 (2 × 7 MW) 25-bladed propellers Electrical plant: 4 Wärtsilä diesels-alternators 16 V32 (6,2 MW) + 1 Wärtsilä Vaasa auxiliary diesel-alternator 18V200 (3 MW)
 * Speed: 18.8 knots
 * Range: 10,600 nm
 * Complement: 900 Marines

Armament

 * 2 x Simbad systems
 * 2 x 30 mm Breda-Mauser
 * 4 x 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns

Sensors and processing systems

 * PING-20 navigational radar
 * PONG-10 air and surface radar
 * ICMS (Integrated Combat Management System)

Aircraft

 * 5 x Bell AH-1Z Viper
 * 5 x Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
 * 10 x MH-60R/S Seahawk
 * 10 x Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

Land Vehicles

 * 14× Amphibious Assault Vehicles
 * 10x MRAP

Delta-Class Cruiser
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/US_Navy_030903-N-5024R-003_USS_Port_Royal_%28DDG_73%29_departed_on_deployment.jpg/300px-US_Navy_030903-N-5024R-003_USS_Port_Royal_%28DDG_73%29_departed_on_deployment.jpg

General characteristics

 * Crew: 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, and approx. 340 enlisted
 * Displacement: 9,600 t
 * Length: 567 feet (173 m)
 * Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters)
 * Draft: 34 feet (10.2 meters)
 * Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines, 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW), 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers, 2 × rudders
 * Speed: 32.5 knots
 * Range: 6,000 nm
 * Complement: Crew

Armament
cruiser mark 41
 * 2 × Mk 26 missile launchers
 * 68 × RIM-66 SM-2, and 20 × RUR-5 ASROC
 * 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
 * 2 × Mark 45 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun
 * 2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun
 * 2 × Phalanx CIWS
 * 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes
 * 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems
 * 122 × Mix of RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB, RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162A ESSM, RIM-174A Standard ERAM, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139A VL-ASROC
 * 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
 * 2 × Mk 45 Mod 2 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun
 * 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 gun
 * 2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun
 * 2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B
 * 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes for lightweight torpedoes

Sensors and processing systems

 * AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar
 * AN/SPS-49 air search radar
 * AN/SPG-62 fire control radar
 * AN/SPS-73 surface search radar
 * AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
 * AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SQQ-89(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of:
 * AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar
 * AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar
 * AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system

Aircraft

 * 2 x MH-60R/S Seahawk

Cannon-Class Frigate
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/HMS_Argyll_MOD_45151412.jpg/300px-HMS_Argyll_MOD_45151412.jpg

General characteristics

 * Crew: 185 personnel
 * Displacement: 4,900 t
 * Length: 133 m (436 ft 4 in)
 * Beam: 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
 * Draft: 7.3 m (23 ft 9 in)
 * Propulsion:
 * Four 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators
 * Two GEC electric motors delivering 2980kW (4000 shp)
 * Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
 * Speed: 32 knots
 * Range: 7,500 nm
 * Complement: Crew

Armament
Anti-air missiles:
 * 1× 32-cell Sea Wolf GWS.26 VLS canisters for 32:
 * Sea Wolf missiles (range 1-10 km)

Anti-ship missiles:
 * 2× Quadruple Harpoon launchers (8 anti-ship missiles)

Anti-submarine torpedoes:
 * 2× Twin 12.75 in (324 mm) tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes

Guns:
 * 1× BAE 4.5 inch Mk8 gun
 * 2× 30mm DS30M automated guns, or, 2× 30mm DS30B guns
 * 2× Miniguns
 * 4× General-purpose machine guns

Sensors and processing systems

 * 4 x 6-barrel Seagnat decoy launchers
 * DFL2/3 offboard decoys

Aircraft

 * 1 x MH-60R/S Seahawk

Hydra-Class Frigate
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Malabar_2012_INS_Satpura_%28F-48%29.jpg/200px-Malabar_2012_INS_Satpura_%28F-48%29.jpg

General characteristics

 * Crew: 257
 * Displacement: 6,200 tonnes (6,100 long tons; 6,800 short tons) full load
 * Length: 142.5 m (468 ft)
 * Beam: 16.9 m (55 ft)
 * Draft: 4.5 m (15 ft)
 * Propulsion:
 * 2 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines
 * 2 × GE LM2500+
 * Speed: 32 knots
 * Range: 6,800 nm
 * Complement: Crew

Armament

 * 1 × 3.0-inch Otobreda, naval gun
 * 8 × VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles
 * 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship cruise missiles
 * 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers
 * 2 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers
 * Shtil-1 missile system, with 24 short to medium range (30 km (19 mi)) missiles
 * Barak SAM-launcher CIWS
 * 2 × AK-630 CIWS

Sensors and processing systems

 * 1 × MR-760 Fregat M2EM 3-D radar
 * 4 × MR-90 Orekh radar
 * 1 × Elta EL/M-2238 STAR
 * 2 × Elta EL/M 2221 STGR
 * 1 × BEL APARNA
 * HUMSA (hull-mounted sonar array) ATAS/Thales Sintra towed array systems
 * BEL Ajanta electronic warfare suite

Aircraft

 * 2 x MH-60R/S Seahawk

Freedom-Class Destroyer
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Caio_Duilio_D554.jpg/300px-Caio_Duilio_D554.jpg

General characteristics

 * Crew: 180
 * Displacement: 7,050 t (6,940 long tons; 7,770 short tons), full displacement
 * Length: 152.87 m
 * Beam: 20.3 m
 * Draft: 5.4 m
 * Propulsion:
 * Two 31,280 hp GE/Avio General Electric LM2500 gas turbines
 * Two 5,875 hp SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels
 * Speed: 33 knots
 * Range: 7,000 nm
 * Complement: Crew

Armament
Anti-air missiles:
 * PAAMS air-defence system.
 * A 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System for a mix of up-to 48×:
 * Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km)
 * Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km)

Anti-ship missiles:
 * 8× Exocet MM40 (France)
 * 8× TESEO Mk-2/A (Italy)

Guns & CIWS:
 * 2× Otobreda 76 mm Super Rapid guns(France)
 * 3× Otobreda 76mm Super Rapid guns (Italy)
 * 1× Sadral Mistral CIWS (France)[3][4]
 * 2× 20 mm modèle F2 guns or 2× KBA Oerlikon 25/80 mm guns

Anti-submarine warfare:
 * 2× MU90 Impact double torpedo tubes
 * 2× SLAT anti torpedo system

Sensors and processing systems

 * EMPAR Phased Array G band multi-purpose radar
 * S1850M long range radar
 * Thales UMS 4110 CL sonar

Aircraft

 * 1 x MH-60R/S Seahawk

Invincible-Class Submarine
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/USS_Virginia_%28SSN-774%29_bravo_sea_trials.jpg/300px-USS_Virginia_%28SSN-774%29_bravo_sea_trials.jpg

General characteristics

 * Crew: 135
 * Displacement: 7,900 metric tons (7,800 long tons)
 * Length: 377 ft (115 m)
 * Beam: 34 ft (10 m)
 * Propulsion: S9G reactor 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
 * Speed: 30 knots
 * Range: unlimited except by food supplies
 * Complement: Crew

Armament

 * 12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) tubes
 * 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo)
 * 27 × torpedoes & missiles (torpedo room)[6]

Sensors and processing systems

 * Command and control system module (CCSM)
 * Fiber optic fly-by-wire Ship Control System
 * AN/BSY-1 integrated combat system

Independence-Class Carrier
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/CVN-78_Artist_Image.jpg/300px-CVN-78_Artist_Image.jpg

General characteristics

 * Displacement: 112,000 tons
 * Length: 1,106 ft (337 m)
 * Beam: 256 ft (78 m)
 * Height: nearly 250 ft (76 m)
 * Decks: 25
 * Propulsion: 2 × A1B nuclear reactor
 * Speed: 30+ knots
 * Range: Unlimited distance
 * Complement:
 * Ship's company: 3,200
 * Air wing: 2,480

Armament

 * 15 x Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
 * 10 x Rolling Airframe Missile
 * 3 x Close-in weapons system (CIWS)

Sensors and processing systems

 * AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
 * AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
 * AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar
 * AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars
 * AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar
 * AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars
 * 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
 * 4 × Mk 95 radars
 * SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
 * SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures

Aircraft

 * 36 x F-35 C
 * 10 x EA-18G Growler
 * 10 x MH-60R/S Seahawk
 * 10 x Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
 * 5 X Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
 * 5 x Grumman C-2 Greyhound
 * 5 x Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
 * Notes: Electromagnetic aircraft catapult (not steam)