The Almirante Gastão Motta was ordered by the Brazilian Navy on 15 December 1987.

The ship was launched on 1 July 1990, and was commissioned on 26 November 1991.

[1] In June 2009, Almirante Gastão Motta participated in the recovery mission for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.

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