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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

DAVAO DEL NORTE ocean minesweepers (1954/1972)

Davao del Norte 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Davao del Norte PM91   Martinac, Tacoma, USA 3.1952 13.2.1953 7.1954 // 5.7.1972 stricken 7.1977
Davao del Sur PM92   Martinac, Tacoma, USA 4.1952 15.4.1953 10.1954 // 5.7.1972 stricken 7.1977

 

Displacement standard, t

637

Displacement full, t

735

Length, m

50.3 wl 52.3 oa

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Packard diesels

Power, h. p.

2280

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2400(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, A Mk 2, A Mk 4, A Mk 6 acoustic, M Mk 5, M Mk 6, M Mk 7 magnetic, Oropesa No.1 mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar

Complement

70

 

Project history: Former USN Aggressive class minesweepers, designated PM (patrol minesweeeprs). Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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