BRP Andres 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:	WHEC-719
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
Commissioned:	July 21, 2016
Identification:	FF-17
Motto:	Semper Paratus (Always Ready)
Status:	in service, for drydocking.
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:	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement: 2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines, each producing 3,500 shp (2,610 kW) Total diesel engine output: 7,000 shp (5,220 kW), and 2 × Pratt & Whittney FT4A-6 gas turbines, each producing 18,000 shp (13,400 kW) Total gas turbine output: 36,000 shp (26,800 kW)
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:	X & S-band radars (for reinstallation) Sperry Mk 92 mod. 1 Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys:	2 × Mk.36 Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Countermeasures (SRBOC) Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament:	1 × Mk.75 Oto Melara 76mm Compact gun 2 x M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns
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.

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.

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.

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. She arrived in Manila on December 9, 2016 after port visit in Guam on December 5, 2016.