BRP Tarlac (LD-601)

BRP Tarlac underway during delivery to the Philippines
Philippines
Name:	BRP Tarlac
Namesake:	Province of Tarlac
Awarded:	29 August 2013
Builder:	PT PAL (Persero) Indonesia
Laid down:	5 June 2015
Launched:	18 January 2016
Commissioned:	1 June 2016
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Tarlac-class landing platform dock
Displacement:	Standard: 7,200 tons Full load: 11,583 tons
Length:	123 m (404 ft)
Beam:	21.8 m (72 ft)
Draft:	5 m (16 ft)
Installed power:	1 x MAN D 2842 LE301 diesel generator
Propulsion:	Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement: 2 × MAN-STX 8L27/38 diesel engines, each producing 3,915 bhp (2,920 kW) Total diesel engine output: 7,830 bhp (5,840 kW)
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:	Furuno X & S-band navigation radars Surface & Air search radar (planned) Electro-Optical Fire Control System (planned)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Electronic Warfare Suite
Armament:	1 × 76mm main gun on the foredeck 2 × 25mm secondary guns one each on the port and starboard sides 6 x 50-caliber Machine guns
Aircraft carried:	2 x AW109 Power
Aviation facilities:	Hangar and flight deck for 2 medium helicopters

BRP Tarlac (LD-601) is the lead ship of her class of Philippine Navy landing platform docks. She is the second ship to be named after the Philippine province of Tarlac, one of the provinces considered to have significant involvement in the Philippine Revolution on independence against Spain.

The ship was laid down by the PT PAL shipyard in Surabaya, Indonesia on 5 June 2015, and was launched on 17 January 2016. It underwent sea trials, part of it done during its delivery from Indonesia to the Philippines on May 2016. It was formally welcomed in ceremonies last 16 May 2016, and was commissioned into service with the Philippine Navy on June 1, 2016.

While deployed to support anti-Abu Sayyaf blockage operations in Mindanao, BRP Tarlac suffered a collision on the night of 19 September 2016. According to the reports, she was at anchored off 1,000 yards south of Ensign Majini Pier at Naval Station Romulo Espaldon, Zamboanga City when MT Tasco, a Liberian registered tanker drifted into the path of the ship, resulting in a collision before 8pm. There were no reported casualties and she sustained minor damages to the bow.

Another incident took place when BRP Tarlac collided with BRP Gregorio Del Pilar in Pier 15, South Harbour, Manila.