BRP Jose Andrada (PC-370)
BRP Jose Andrada (PC-370)
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History | |
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Philippines | |
Name | BRP Jose Andrada |
Namesake | Jose Andrada is one of the original officers of the Offshore Patrol of the Philippine Commonwealth government |
Operator | Philippine Navy |
Ordered | August 1989[2][3][4] |
Builder | Trinity-Equitable Shipyards, New Orleans, USA |
Acquired | 21 August 1990[1] |
Commissioned | August 1990[3] |
Reclassified | April 2016 to PC-370 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Jose Andrada class |
Type | Coastal Patrol Craft |
Displacement | 56.4 tons full load [5] |
Length | 78 ft (24 m)[2] |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m)[2] |
Draft | 5.8 ft (1.8 m)[2] |
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 amidships |
Complement | 12[2] |
Sensors and processing systems | Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 Navigation / Surface Search Radar |
Armament |
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The BRP Jose Andrada (PC-370) is the lead ship of the
Notable Operations / Exercises
The Jose Andrada was part of a joint U.S.-Philippines search team of a
On March 13, 2013, while she was conducting maritime patrol together with BRP General Mariano Alvarez along the seawater off Omapoy Island and Bulo-Bulo Island, all of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, they intercepted 2 watercraft loaded with 35 evacuees.[7]
Technical Details
The ship was built to
The ship originally designed to carry one bow
As part of the first batch (PG-370 to PG-378), it is not equipped with Mk.38 Mod.0 M242 Bushmaster 25mm chain gun that her other sister ships carry.[2][4][8][N 2] It was planned to install either a stabilized or unstabilized M242 25 mm Bushmaster chain gun on her bow after some minor modifications,[2] but as of date has not materialized.
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][5]
A 4-meter rigid inflatable boat powered by a 40-hp outboard motor is stowed amidships.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ All sources refer to the same engine, although with different horsepower rating.[2][4] But official specs from manufacturer indicates a 1,400 hp rating for each engine. [1]
- ^ Sources vary on weapons mount of this ship, with most indicating the presence of a Bushmaster 25mm chain gun on a Mk.38 mount.[2][4] Recent photos [2] does not show said weapon or mount, so are other ships from the first batch (PG-370 to PG-378)[8]
References
- ^ Shipbuildinghistory.com Equitable Shipyards, New Orleans LA
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
- ^ a b c d GlobalSecurity.org PG Jose Andrada Class
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wertheim, Eric: The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 15th Edition, page 553. Naval Institute Press, 2007.
- ^ a b c Manokski's ORBAT @ Hueybravo. Jose Andrada class page
- ^ www.Chinook-Helicopter.com A Crash in Philippines.
- ^ "AFP Chief leads VISCOM Change of Command". www.afp.mil.ph. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ a b c AFP Materiel Technical Specification Archives - PN Light Surface Warships Andrada (Halter 78) class Coastal Patrol Craft (24)