BRP Datu Kalantiaw
RPS Datu Kalantiaw c. 1968 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Booth |
| Ordered | 1942 |
| Builder | Federal Drydock & Shipbuilding Co. |
| Laid down | 30 January 1943 |
| Launched | 21 June 1943 |
| Commissioned | 19 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 4 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 15 July 1978 |
| Fate | Loaned to Philippine Navy in 1967, sold as FMA 1978. |
| Philippines | |
| Name | Datu Kalantiaw |
| Namesake | Kalantiaw was a legendary chieftain in the island of Negros who supposedly created in 1433 the first legal code known as the Code of Kalantiaw. |
| Acquired | 15 December 1967 |
| Commissioned | 1967 |
| Fate | Ran aground by Typhoon Clara on 21 September 1981, 19°23′25″N 121°23′29″E / 19.39017440035165°N 121.39150737073103°E |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Datu Kalantiaw-class destroyer escort/frigate |
| Displacement | 1,240 tons standard, 1,620 tons full load |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36.66 ft (11.17 m) |
| Draft | 8.75 ft (2.67 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 hp (4,500 kW) |
| Propulsion | 4 × GM 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (maximum) |
| Range | 10,800 mi (9,400 nmi; 17,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76) was the first of three ex-USN Cannon-class destroyer escorts that served with the Philippine Navy, the others being BRP Datu Sikatuna (PS-77/PF-5) and BRP Rajah Humabon (PS-78/PF-11). She was also the flagship of the Philippine Navy from 1967 to 1981.