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BRP Salvador Abcede (PG-114)

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BRP Salvador Abcede (PG-114)
History
South Korea
Name: PKM-231
Builder: Korea Tacoma Shipyard, Chinhae, South Korea
Launched: 1970s
Fate: transferred to Philippine Navy in 1995
History
Philippines
Name: BRP Salvador Abcede (PG-114)
Operator: Philippine Navy
Acquired: 15 June 1995
Commissioned: 22 May 1996
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Tomas Batillo class (Chamsuri Wildcat PKM class)
Type: Fast Attack Craft
Displacement: 148 tons full load
Length: 121.4 ft (37 m)
Beam: 22.6 ft (7 m)
Draft: 5.6 ft (1.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesel engines (from 2008) @ 6,300 hp, 2 shafts
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h) max
Range: 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) at 20 knots
Boats & landing
craft carried:
1 × Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
Complement: 31
Sensors and
processing systems:
Koden type navigation and surface search radar
Armament:
  • 1 × Bofors 40 mm naval gun
  • 2 × Oerlikon 20mm guns
  • 4 × 50-caliber Machine Guns

BRP Salvador Abcede (PG-114) is a Tomas Batillo class fast attack craft of the Philippine Navy. It is part of the first batch transferred by the South Korean government on 15 June 1995, and arrived in the Philippines in August 1995. It was commissioned with the Philippine Navy on 22 May 1996.

It was upgraded under the Patrol Killer Medium-Republic of the Philippines (PKM-RP) Program of 2010 by Propmech Corp., the program includes the reinforcement of its hull, replacing the engines, radar, navigation and communication systems, and changing the weapons fit-out to include crane and space for rubber boats.

The ship was part of the Philippine Navy contingent during the US-Philippines CARAT 2012 sea-phase exercises.

The ship was originally powered by 2 MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesel engines with total output of 6,000 horsepower. From 2011, Propmech was contracted to replace the old engines with new Caterpillar 3516C diesel engines with a total output of 6,300 horsepower.

BRP Salvador Abcede with other US and Philippine ships at CARAT Philippines 2012


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