BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15)
BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Hamilton |
| Builder | Avondale Shipyards |
| Launched | December 18, 1965 |
| Commissioned | March 18, 1967 |
| Decommissioned | March 28, 2011 |
| Identification | WHEC-715 |
| Fate | Transferred to Philippine Navy |
| Badge | |
| Philippines | |
| Name | BRP Gregorio del Pilar |
| Namesake | Gregorio Hilario del Pilar y Sempio |
| Acquired | May 13, 2011 |
| Commissioned | December 14, 2011 |
| Maiden voyage | July 18, 2011 |
| Homeport | Subic Bay Freeport Zone |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | BRP Goyo |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gregorio del Pilar-class offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 3,250 tons |
| Length | 378 ft (115.2 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13.1 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) via twin gas-turbines |
| Range | 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) @ 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) via diesel |
| Endurance | 45 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB |
| Complement | 85 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Armor | CBRNE defense system |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × AW109E Power naval helicopter |
| Aviation facilities |
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| Notes | steel hull, aluminium superstructure |
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BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15) is the lead ship of her class of offshore patrol vessel of the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after Gregorio del Pilar, a Filipino revolutionary general known for his role at the Battle of Tirad Pass. She was originally designated as "PF-15" from 2012 to mid-2016. Then the Navy adopted a new code designation system and she was redesignated as "FF-15". In February 2019, the Navy downgraded the status of the entire class from frigate to patrol ship and redesignated her as "PS-15".
From 1967 to 2011, the ship was a Hamilton-class high endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard, known as USCGC Hamilton. The United States decommissioned the cutter on 28 March 2011, and she was acquired by the Philippines under the Excess Defense Articles and the Foreign Assistance Act. It is one of three ex-US Coast Guard Hamilton-class cutters that serve in the Philippine Navy.