BAP Villavicencio (FM-52)

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BAP Villavicencio is the second out of four Template:Sclasss 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 Villavicencio was commissioned first on 25 June 1979 with the pennant number FM-52.

Villavicencio is named after Vice Admiral Manuel Villavicencio (1840–1925) who fought in the War of the Pacific.

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BAP Villavicencio FM-52 Underway off Dungeness Spit in Washington State, USA June 2015

Villavicencio underway off Dungeness Spit, Washington, June 2015. Note she is flying the American flag.