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ANDRÉS BONIFACIO frigates (1943-1944/1976)

Andrés Bonifacio 1976

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Andrés Bonifacio (ex-Lý Thường Kiệt, ex-Chincoteague) PS7   Lake Washington, Houghton, USA 7.1941 15.4.1942 12.4.1943 // 5.4.1976 stricken 6.1993
Gregorio del Pilar (ex-Ngô Quyền, ex-McCulloch, ex-Wachapreague) PS8, 1987- PS12   Lake Washington, Houghton, USA 2.1943 10.7.1943 17.5.1944 // 5.4.1976 stricken 6.1985, recommissioned 1987, discarded 7.1990
Diego Silang (ex-Trần Quang Khải, ex-Bering Strait) PS9, 1987- PS14   Lake Washington, Houghton, USA 6.1943 15.1.1944 19.7.1944 // 5.4.1976 stricken 6.1985, recommissioned 1987, discarded 7.1990
Francisco Dagohoy (ex-Trần Bình Trọng, ex-Castle Rock) PS10   Lake Washington, Houghton, USA 7.1943 11.3.1944 8.10.1944 // 5.4.1976 discarded 3.1993

 

Displacement standard, t

2040

Displacement full, t

2800

Length, m

91.4 wl 94.7 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

4.27 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Fairbank-Morse 38D81/8x10 diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

6080

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil 400
Endurance, nm(kts) 18000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

SPS-53, SPS-29, Mk 26 radars

Complement

160

 

Project history: Former USN Barnegat class seaplane tenders, converted to Coast Guard cutters and transferred to South Vietnam in 1971-1972. In 1975 they escaped from Saigon to Philippines and acquired by Philippine Navy 5.4.1976. Andrés Bonifacio was commissioned 27.7.1976, Gregorio del Pilar 7.2.1977, Francisco Dagohoy 23.6.1979.

Modernizations: 1978-1979, all: + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 (extremely at the stern, 95.7m length oa), helicopter deck for BO-105

Naval service: No significant events.

Andrés Bonifacio 1977

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