BRP Andrés Bonifacio (FF-17)

BRP Andrés Bonifacio (FF-17) arrived in Manila on December 9, 2016
History
 United States
Name: USCGC Boutwell
Builder: Avondale Shipyards
Launched: June 17, 1967
Commissioned: 1968
Decommissioned: March 16, 2016
Identification:
Fate: Transferred to Philippine Navy.
 Philippines
Name: BRP Andrés Bonifacio
Namesake: Andrés Bonifacio (1863–1897), revolutionary and founder of the Katipunan movement
Acquired: July 21, 2016[1]
Commissioned: July 21, 2016[1]
Identification:
Motto: Semper Paratus (Always Ready)
Status: In active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Gregorio del Pilar-class frigate
Displacement: 3,250 tons, probably less due to removal of several weapons & sensors system
Length: 378 ft (115 m)
Beam: 43 ft (13 m)
Draft: 8.75 ft (2.67 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range: 14,000 nautical miles (25,900 km)
Endurance: 45 Days
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 2 × RHIB
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 2 × Mk.36 Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Countermeasures (SRBOC) Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × AgustaWestland AW109 Power naval helicopter
Aviation facilities: retractable hangar and flight deck

BRP Andrés Bonifacio (FF-17) is a frigate of the Philippine Navy and the third Gregorio del Pilar-class frigate to be commissioned. She is the second ship of the Philippine Navy to be named after Andrés Bonifacio, a Filipino revolutionary leader, regarded as the "Father of the Philippine Revolution" and one of the most influential national heroes of the Philippines.[4]

From 1967–2016 the ship was a Hamilton-class high endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard that was named USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719). The U.S. decommissioned the cutter in early 2016 and the Philippines acquired it under the Excess Defense Articles and the Foreign Assistance Act.[4][5]

BRP Andrés Bonifacio was designated as "FF-17" when she was commissioned into the Philippine Navy, following the new designation scheme adapted in mid-2016. It would have been designated "PF-17" under the old designation scheme.[6]

The frigate was formally received by the Philippine Navy on July 21, 2016, and commissioned to service on the same day at the USCG base at Alameda, California.[7][1] She arrived in Manila on December 9, 2016[8] after port visit in Guam on December 5, 2016.[9]

Notable Operational Deployments

BRP Andres Bonifacio was sent to Malaysia for its first international deployment as a Philippine Navy ship, to be the Philippines' representative in the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2017 (LIMA 2017) from March 21 to 26, 2017.[10] The ship also had a port call at the Lumut Naval Base in Perak, Malaysia and conducted joint exercises with the Royal Malaysian Navy,[11] before docking at Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia for a goodwill visit from March 30 to April 3, 2017.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Adel, Rosette (2016-11-01). "Philippine Navy's third frigate set to sail home". Philstar.com / The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. 1 2 Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004–2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
  3. ↑ Saunders, Stephen (2013). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014. IHS. p. 614. ISBN 978 0 7106 3048 3.
  4. 1 2 "US ship to be turned over to PH Navy | Inquirer Global Nation". Globalnation.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  5. ↑ Jordan, Bryant (10 October 2015). "After Decades of Service, USCGC Boutwell Makes Final Fleet Week Cruise". Military.com. San Francisco: Military Advantage. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Naming And Code Designation Of Pn Vessels" (PDF). Dlsu.edu.ph. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  7. ↑ "Formal Turn-over of US Ship to Ph Navy". Subic Bay News. July 27, 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "BRP Andres Bonifacio arrives in Manila" (Press release). Philippine Information Agency. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ "BRP Andres Bonifacio Docks at Guam on Bonifacio Day" (Press release). Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs. December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Philippine Navy participates in LIMA 2017" (Press release). The Manila Bulletin. 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  11. ↑ "BRP ANDRES BONIFACIO’S KUALA LUMPUR VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEEPENING PH-MALAYSIA PARTNERSHIP" (Press release). Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines. 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  12. ↑ "Phl Navy Frigate on Goodwill Visit to Port Klang, Malaysia on March 30" (Press release). Embassy of the Philippines Kuala Lumpur. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
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