BRP Tarlac (LD-601)

Launching of BRP Tarlac (LD-601)
Philippines
Namesake: Province of Tarlac
Awarded: 29 August 2013
Builder: PT PAL (Persero) Indonesia
Laid down: 5 June 2015
Launched: 18 January 2016
Commissioned: May 2016 (planned)
Status: Launched
General characteristics
Class & type: Tarlac-class landing platform dock
Displacement: 11,583 tons (full load)
Length: 123 m (404 ft)
Beam: 21.8 m (72 ft)
Draft: 6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h) maximum
Range: 9,360 nautical miles (17,300 km)
Endurance: 30 Days
Boats & landing
craft carried:
  • 2 × LCU or LCM at floodable well docks
  • 2 × RHIB or LCVP at boat davits
Capacity: 500 troops and associated vehicles & equipment
Complement: 121
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Navigation Radar
  • Surface & Air search radar
  • Electro-Optical Fire Control System
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 Electronic Warfare Suite
Armament:
  • 1 × 76mm main gun on the foredeck (maybe OTO MELARA)
  • 2 × 25mm secondary guns (maybe Phalanx CIWS) one each on the port and starboard sides
  • Unspecified number of 50-caliber Machine guns
Aircraft carried: 2 × medium (10-ton) naval helicopters
Aviation facilities: Hangar and flight deck for 2 medium helicopters

BRP Tarlac (LD-601) is to be the lead ship of her class of Philippine Navy landing platform docks. The ship was laid down by the PT PAL shipyard in Indonesia on 5 June 2015,[1] launched on 17 January 2016,[2] and is currently undergoing sea trials[3] before its expected delivery on May 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "PT PAL cuts steel on second Philippine Navy sealift vessel | IHS Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  2. ↑ "First of 2 new vessels for PH Navy to be launched in Indonesia". globalnation.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Navy’s soon-to-be largest vessel undergoes sea trials". Update.PH. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  4. ↑ "LOOK: PH Navy’s first strategic sealift vessel". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
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