BAP ''Río Chira'' (PC 12) is a motor gunboat in the
Peruvian Coast Guard
The Directorate General of Captaincies and Coast Guard of Peru (DICAPI, es, Dirección General de Capitanías y Guardacostas del Perú) is the maritime authority and the Peruvian Coast Guard, the same one that carries out the control and surveil ...
. She was built under
American influence at
SIMA Callao Shipyard and laid down initially as PGM-111. She was transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard in 1975 and reclassified PM-223.
References
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Gunboats of the United States Navy
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Peruvian Navy
1972 ships
Ships of the Peruvian Coast Guard
Ships built in Peru
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