BRP Florencio Inigo
History | |
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Philippines | |
Name | BRP Florencio Inigo (PC-393) |
Operator | Philippine Navy |
Ordered | 1995[1] |
Builder | Halter Equitable Shipyard, New Orleans, USA (knock down kits), Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Co., Batangas, Philippines (assembly) |
Acquired | May 1998[1] |
Commissioned | July 1998[2] |
Reclassified | April 2016: from PG-393 to PC-393 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Jose Andrada class |
Type | Coastal Patrol Craft |
Displacement | 56.4 tons full load [3] |
Length | 78 ft (24 m)[1] |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m)[1] |
Draft | 5.8 ft (1.8 m)[1] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) maximum |
Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4-meter rigid inflatable boat at aft |
Complement | 12[1] |
Sensors and processing systems | Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 Navigation / Surface Search Radar |
Armament |
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The BRP Florencio Inigo (PC-393) is the twenty-first ship of the
It was initially designated as Fast Patrol Craft, but later on was re-designated as a Patrol Gunboat "PG-393".[2] Another round of reclassification was made in April 2016, which re designated the boat, from patrol gunboat to coastal patrol craft "PC-393".
Technical Details
The ship was built to
The ship originally designed to carry one bow
As part of the third batch (PG-392 to PG-393), it is equipped with Mk.38 Mod.0 M242 Bushmaster 25mm chain gun that the first batch of ships do not carry.[4][1][5]
She is equipped with a Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 surface search and navigation radar but with a smaller antenna as those used in bigger Philippine Navy ships.[4][3] Like all other Philippine Navy ship, she was installed with the Philippine Navy Vessel Tracking System (VTS) by the Naval Sea Systems Command.[6]
A 4-meter rigid inflatable boat powered by a 40-hp outboard motor is stowed amidships.[4]
Footnotes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
- ^ a b c GlobalSecurity.org PG Jose Andrada Class.
- ^ a b c Manokski's ORBAT @ Hueybravo. Jose Andrada class page.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Wertheim, Eric: The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 15th Edition, page 553. Naval Institute Press, 2007.
- ^ a b AFP Materiel Technical Specification Archives - PN Light Surface Warships Andrada (Halter 78) class Coastal Patrol Craft (24)
- ^ "NASSCOM Unveils PN Vessel Tracking System (VTS)". Philippine Navy Naval Sea Systems Command. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2011-11-24.