BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF15)

BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (Goryo) (PF15)
Docked at Poro Point, La Union for refueling and awaiting for further instructions after being pulled-out from Panatag Shoal.
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BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15) is a Philippine Navy Gregorio del Pilar class frigate acquired by the Philippines under the Excess Defense Articles and the Foreign Assistance Act when It was decommissioned by the US Coast Guard on March 28, 2011.

Gregorio del Pilar was the second Philippine Navy ship to have borne the same name, the first being another ex-US Coast Guard cutter and is one of the first ex-US Coast Guard Hamilton-class cutters serving the Philippine Navy.

General Characteristics:

Type:                      Frigate

Displacemnet:     Approx. 3,250 tons

Lenght:                  378 ft (115 m)

Beam:                    43 ft (13 m)

Draft:                      8.75 ft (2.67 m)

Installed Power:  5,800 hp (4,300 kW)

Propulsion System: 

      Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) system;

• 2× Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines generating 7,000 hp (5,200 kW); and
• 2× Pratt & Whittney FT4A-6 gas turbines producing 36,000 hp (27,000 kW),

Speed:                  28 knots (52 km/h) max

Range:                 14,000 nautical miles (25,900 km)

Endurance:          45 Days

Sensors and Processing Systems:

• Raytheon/Furuno AN/SPS-73 navigation and surface search radar; and
• Sperry Mk 92 mod. 1 Fire Control System,

Armamaments:

• 1x Mk.75 Oto Melara 76 mm Compact main gun;
• 1x 25mm Chain Gun;
• 6x 50-caliber Machine Guns;
• 2x 20mm Cannons; and
• 2x Loral Hycor Mk.36 6-barrelled Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff (SRBOC) decoy launchers.

Carried:

• Boats and Landing - Rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB)
• Aircraft - BO-105C light helicopter

Aviation Facilities:    retractable hangar and flight deck

Sources: 

1. Wikipedia - BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15). 

2. Official Gazzete of the Republic of the Philippines