Sao Paulo
ex-Foch
Hull number - A12
Class - CLEMENCEAU (CV)
Built - 1960
Shipyard - Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire
Displacement - 32780 T (full load)
Dim (max): L - 265, B - 51.2, D - 8.6 mts
Flight deck: 259 × 47 mts
Main machinery: 6 boilers; 640 psi (45 kg/cm2); 840ºF (450ºC); 2 GEC Alsthom turbines; 126,000 hp(m) (93 MW); 2 shafts
Speed - 30 knots
Complement: 1,202 (47 officers); 358 (80 officers) aircrew
Guns: 5x12.7 mm MGs
Fixed-wing aircraft: 15-18 A-4 Skyhawks
Helicopters: 4-6 Agusta SH-3A/D Sea Kings; 3 Aerospatiale UH-12/13; 2 UH-14 Cougar.
Acquired from France on 15 November 2000 and following modifications in Brest, arrived in Brazil in February 2001

Guanabara Bay
Rio de Janeiro
07SEP2007