BAP Villavisencio (FM-52)
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BAP Villavisencio in June 2014
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| Name: | Villavisencio |
| Namesake: | Manuel Villavisencio |
| Ordered: | 1973 |
| Builder: | Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) |
| Laid down: | 21 April 1976 |
| Launched: | 7 February 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 25 June 1979 |
| Homeport: | Callao |
| Identification: | FM-52 |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| Notes: | ITU callsign: OBHG |
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| Class & type: | Carvajal-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load) |
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| Beam: | 11.3 m (37 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.7 m (12 ft) |
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| Range: | 4,350 nautical miles (8,056 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 199 (22 officers) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 AB-212ASW helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter |
BAP Villavisencio is the second out of four Carvajal-class frigates ordered by the Peruvian Navy in 1973. It was built by the Italian shipbuilder Cantieri Navali Riuniti at its shipyard in Riva Trigoso, Genoa. Delays in the building of the first ship of the class, BAP Carvajal, meant Villavisencio was commissioned first on 25 June 1979 with the pennant number FM-52.
Villavisencio is named after Vice Admiral Manuel Villavisencio (1840–1925) who fought in the War of the Pacific.
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Villavisencio underway off Dungeness Spit, Washington, June 2015. Note she is flying the American flag.
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