5-574: (Redirected from U-17 ) U17 or U-17 may refer to: Naval vessels [ edit ] Brazilian monitor Parnaíba (U17) German submarine U-17 , various vessels SM U-17 (Austria-Hungary) , a submarine of the Austro-Hungarian Navy Other uses [ edit ] Cessna U-17 Skywagon , an American utility aircraft Nonconvex great rhombicuboctahedron [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
10-620: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brazilian monitor Parna%C3%ADba Parnaíba (U-17) [paʁnaˈibɐ] is a river monitor of the Brazilian Navy . She is currently one of the last monitors in service. She was built for the navy in Rio de Janeiro and commissioned on 9 March 1938. She participated in the Second World War and is, as of 2022, one of
15-448: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U17&oldid=1158407856 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
20-500: The ship. Her escort missions were mainly in coastal waters because of her poor seaworthiness in open waters, which necessitated constant repairs on the ship. She underwent a modernisation program at the Ladario Riverine Naval Base between January 1998 and 6 May 1999, during which her original reciprocating engine was replaced with diesel engines to increase her range and endurance. One of her original engines
25-587: The world's oldest commissioned warships still in active service. She is assigned to the Mato Grosso Flotilla . During the Second World War, the ship was assigned for service in the port of Salvador, Bahia , where she underwent light escort missions and coastal patrols against the threat of German submarines , mainly because of her extremely shallow draft which in theory would let any torpedo attack pass under her without any damage to
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