Rizal 1970
Rizal 1978
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Rizal (ex-Murrelet) | PS69, 1996- PS74 | Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., USA | 8.1944 | 29.12.1944 | 8.1945 // 18.6.1965 | in service (2019) | |
Quezon (ex-Vigilance) | PS70 | Associated, Seattle, USA | 11.1942 | 5.4.1943 | 2.1944 // 19.8.1967 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
1090 |
Displacement full, t |
1250 |
Length, m |
65.5 wl 67.4 oa |
Breadth, m |
9.80 |
Draught, m |
3.28 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 electric motors, 2 General Motors diesel-generators |
Power, h. p. |
2880 |
Max speed, kts |
18 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 200 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 6370 (16.5) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR |
Electronic equipment | SPS-5C, DAS3 radars, SQS-17B sonar |
Complement |
100 |
Project history: Former US Navy minesweepers (originally designated AM). Upon transfer the minesweeping gear was removed and a second 76mm gun fitted aft.
Modernizations: mid-1970s, both: - 1 x 1 - 76/50; + raised helicopter pad (no hangar)
1996, both: - 2 x 2 - 20/70, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, helicopter pad, SPS-5C, DAS3 radars, SQS-17B sonar; + 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90; 2x SPS-64 radars
2000s, both: - SPS-64 radar; + DAS 3 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Quezon 1976
Rizal 2001
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