BRP Sultan Kudarat (PS-22)
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 BRP Sultan Kudarat (PS-22) |
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| Career (United States of America) |  |
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| Name: | USS PCE-895 |
| Builder: | Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR |
| Laid down: | 2 December 1942 |
| Launched: | 18 May 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 October 1944 |
| Renamed: | USS Crestview (PCE-895) |
| Reclassified: | Experimental Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue) |
| Fate: | Transfered to the Republic of Vietnam Navy on 29 November 1961. Escaped to the to Philippines in 1975 after the fall of South Vietnam. |
| Career (Philippines) |  |
| Name: | BRP Sultan Kudarat (PS-22) |
| Namesake: | Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat, (1580? - 1671) was a Sultan of Maguindanao, who during his reign, has successfully repelled Spanish efforts to conquer his sultanate and hindered the Christianization of Mindanao. |
| Operator: | Philippine Navy |
| Commissioned: | November 1975 |
| Reclassified: | Patrol Corvette |
| Fate: | in service with the Philippine Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Miguel Malvar class |
| Type: | Patrol Corvette |
| Displacement: | 914 Tons (Full Load) |
| Length: | 184.5 ft (56.2 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 9.75 ft (2.97 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,200 hp |
| Propulsion: | Main: 2 x GM 12-278A diesel engines Auxiliary: 2 x GM 6-71 diesel engines with 100KW gen and 1 x GM 3-268A diesel engine with 60KW gen |
| Speed: | 16 Knots (maximum), |
| Range: | 6,600 nmi at 11 knots |
| Complement: | 85 |
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The BRP Sultan Kudarat (PS-22) is one of several Miguel Malvar class Patrol Corvettes in service with the Philippine Navy. She is formerly an ex-USN Patrol Craft Escort based on the Admirable class minesweeper hull that were produced during World War II, and is now classified as a corvette protecting the vast waters of the Philippines. Along with other ex-World War II veteran ships of the Philippine Navy, she is considered as one of the oldest active fighting ships in the world today.[2]
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[edit] History
Commissioned in the US Navy as the USS PCER-895 in 1944, she was renamed USS Crestview on 15 February 1956.
She was then transferred to the Republic of Vietnam on 29 November 1961. She served the Vietnamese Navy as Dong Da II (HQ-07) up until her escape to the Philippines in 1975, together with other South Vietnamese Navy ships and their respective crew.[3]
She was commissioned into the Philippine Navy and was renamed RPS (now BRP) Sultan Kudarat (PS-19). She is currently assigned with the Patrol Force of the Philippine Fleet.[4]
[edit] Technical details
Originally the ship was armed with one 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun, three twin Bofors 40 mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector, four depth charge projectiles (K-guns) and two depth charge tracks.[5]
The same configuration applies up until the late 1980s when the Philippine Navy removed most of her old anti-submarine weapons and systems, reconfigured her carried 40 mm guns to accommodate 20 mm guns, and added four 12.7 mm general purpose machine guns. This made her lighter and ideal for surface patrols, but losing her limited but already antiquated anti-submarine warfare capability.
The ship is powered by two GM 12-278A diesel engines, with a combined rating of around 2,200 bhp driving two propellers. The main engines can propel the 914 tons (full load) ship to a maximum speed of around 16 knots (30 km/h).[6]
There are slight difference between the BRP Sultan Kudarat as compared to some of her sister ships in the Philippine Navy, since her previous configuration was as a patrol craft escort, while the others are configured as minesweepers and patrol craft escort rescue ships.
[edit] Gallery
 As USS PCE-895 circa 1955 |
[edit] References
- ^ Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005
- ^ Armed Forces of the Philippines Order of Battle. Philippine Navy.
- ^ NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort Photo Archive. Crestview (PCE 895) ex-PCE-895.
- ^ Philippine Fleet Official Website. Commissioned Ships and Crafts.
- ^ NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort Photo Archive. Crestview (PCE 895) ex-PCE-895.
- ^ DLSU N-ROTC Office. Naming and Code Designation of PN Vessels.
[edit] External links
- Philippine Defense Forum
- Philippine Navy @ Hazegray.org
- DLSU ROTC
- Opus224's Unofficial Philippine Defense Page
- NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort Photo Archive
[edit] See also
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