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PHILIPPINE NAVY (PHILIPPINES)

COASTAL FORCES

AGUSAN large patrol craft (1960, 1967/1976)

Agusan 1965

 

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Basilan (ex-Hon Troc) PG60   Marinette Marine Co, USA   8.3.1966 9.1967 // 4.1976 stricken 1989
Agusan G61, 1965- PG61   Tacoma BB, USA     3.1960 Coast Guard 1992, sold 11.2007
Catanduanes G62, 1965- PG62   Tacoma BB, USA     3.1960 Coast Guard 1992, sold 6.2006
Romblon G63, 1965- PG63   Tacoma BB, USA     6.1960 Coast Guard 1992, sold 11.2007
Palawan G64, 1965- PG64   Tacoma BB, USA     6.1960 Coast Guard 1992, stricken 2018

 

Displacement standard, t

122

Displacement full, t

133

Length, m

30.6

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

G61-64: 2 MTU 12V493TY57 diesels

PG60: 8 General Motors 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

G61-64: 1900

PG60: 2050

Max speed, kts

G61-64: 17

PG60: 18

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 1400(11)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCR

Electronic equipment

G61-64: Raytheon 1500 radar, sonar

PG60: Decca 404 radar, sonar

Complement 15

   

Project history: Steel-hulled patrol gunboats, longer versions of the USCG 95ft 'Cape' class. PG61-64 were built for Philippines. Basilan escaped in November 1975 from South Vietnam and in April 1976 was commissioned by Philippine Navy.

Modernizations: 1980s, all: - 2 x 4 - 1278 Mousetrap ASWRL, 4 DCR, sonar

1992, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service: No significant events.

Catanduanes 1972

Agusan 1994

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