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PHILIPPINE NAVY (PHILIPPINES)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

BACOLOD CITY tank landing ships (1993-1994)

Bacolod City 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Bacolod City LC550, 2016- LS550   Halter, Escatawpa, USA     3.12.1993 in service (2019)
Dagupan City (ex-Cagayan de Oro) LC551, 2016- LS551   Halter, Escatawpa, USA     5.4.1994 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1650

Displacement full, t

4266

Length, m

78.0 pp 83.1 oa

Breadth, m

18.2 wl 18.3 oa

Draught, m

3.66 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 16-645E2 diesels

Power, h. p.

3900

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 524

Endurance, nm(kts) 6500(11)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, helicopter deck

Military load

2 LCVP, 1815 t of vehicles or cargo, 150 troops

Electronic equipment SPS-64(v)2 radar
Complement 30

 

Project history: Ordered to US Frank S Besson class design produced for the US Army. Typical ro-ro design, can transport 1815t of vehicles or cargo on the 975m² cargo deck, beaching load is 900t. Can also carry 122t of potable water. Have a bow ramp with 8.23m width.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Bacolod City 2011

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