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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