Gregorio del Pilar Class Frigates

BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF15)
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The Gregorio del Pilar class is a ship class urrently in service to the Philippine Navy, and are currently its largest class of naval combatants in its fleet.   

Formerly used by the US Coast Guard as Hamilton class high endurance cutters, Under the Philippine Navy, after undergoing upgrades and modification it was classified as Frigates.

In Service:
  • BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF15)
  • BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF16) - Currently undergoing refit and modifications
BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF16)
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General Characteristics:

Type: Frigate
Displacement: 3,250 tons
Length: 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: Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) system
2× Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines generating 7,000 hp (5,200 kW)
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
Boats and landing
craft carried:
Two RHIB
Complement: 80
Sensors and
processing systems:
Raytheon/Furuno AN/SPS-73 navigation and surface search radar and Sperry Mk 92 mod. 1 Fire Control System
Armament:
  • 1 x Oto Melara Mk.75 76mm/62 gun
  • 6 x M2 Browning 12.7mm/50 machine guns
  • 2 x Loral Hycor Mk.36 6-barrelled Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff (SRBOC) decoy launchers
Aircraft carried: 1 x BO-105C

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