
Brazilian Navy at Lobster War
In this picture, 4 Fletcher-class destroyers run aside the light cruiser Tamandaré (C12), former USS Saint Louis (CL-49).
From 1959 to 1972, USN sold to Brazilian Navy 7 Fletcher-class destroyers under the Military Assistance Program (MAP). These ships were decommissioned by Brazilian Navy between 1978 and 1988.
These were the Brazilian Navy Fletchers:
• CT Pará (D27), former USS Guest (DD-472)
• CT Paraíba (D28), former USS Bennett (DD-473)
• CT Paraná (D29), former USS Cushing (DD-797)
• CT Pernambuco (D30), former USS Hailey (DD-556)
• CT Piauí (D31), former USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675)
• CT Santa Catarina (D32), former USS Irwin (DD-794)
• CT Maranhão (D33), former USS Shields (DD-596)