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PHILIPPINE NAVY (PHILIPPINES)

COASTAL FORCES

PCF325 coastal patrol craft (1975-1976)

Names

PC325 - 332, 334, 347, 1996- DF325 - 332, 334, 347

PCF351 - 354, 1996- PB351-354

Builders

Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA: PCF325-332, 334, 347, 351-354

Completed

1975-1976: PCF325-332, 334, 347, 351-354

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2017-18: DF325-329, 331, 332, 334, 347, PB353

in service (2019): DF330, PB351, 352, 354

 

Displacement standard, t

28

Displacement full, t

37

Length, m

19.8

Breadth, m

5.50

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 General Motors 8V71 TI diesels

Power, h. p.

1950

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 500(30)

Armament

(4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 2 - 12.7/90) or 4 x 1 - 12.7/90 or (1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90)

Electronic equipment LN-66 or Koden radar

Complement

8

   

Project history: US Swift Mk III class. Aluminium construction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Mostly all boats were transferred to Coast Guard in 1996.

DF347 1998

PCF354 1998

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