Rajah Soliman 1963
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Rajah Soliman (ex-Bowers) | D66 | Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA | 5/1943 | 31.10.1943 | 1/1944 // 31.10.1960 | foundered 29.6.1964 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1432 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1823 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.3 |
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Draught, m |
3.43 ful load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 General Electric steam turbine-generators, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers, 2 electric motors |
|
Power, h. p. |
12000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
23 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 359 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(15) - 5500(15) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 -127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCR |
| Military load | 4 LCVP, 162 troops |
|
Electronic equipment |
presumably SPS-5 or SPS-6 radar, QGA sonar |
|
Complement |
186 |
Project history: Former US high speed transport converted from destroyer escort built in 1943. Transferred under MAP. Fitted as command ship for the Philippine Navy.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Rajah Soliman capsized 29.6.1964 alongside the pier of Bataan National Shipyard during typhoon, hulk was raised but sold for BU in January 1966.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016