Gregorio del Pilar-class Frigate

The Gregorio del Pilar-class is a ship class of three frigates currently in service of the Philippine Navy, and are currently the foremost surface combatant of the fleet. These ships were formerly used by the US Coast Guard as Hamilton-class high endurance cutters.

Specifications

 * Type: Frigate
 * Service Period: 2011-Present
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 378 feet (115.21 meters)
 * Beam: 43 feet (13.11 meters)
 * Draft: 8 feet 9 inches (2.67 meters)
 * Displacement: 3,250 tons
 * Crew: 80
 * Endurance: 45 days
 * Propulsion: CODOG
 * 2 x Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines, 7,000 shp (5,220 kW)
 * 2 x Pratt & Whittney FT4A-6 gas turbines, 36,000 shp (26,800 kW)
 * Range: 14,000 nautical miles (25,928 kilometers)
 * Speed: 29 knots (53.71 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Saab AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraffe AMB Radar
 * Kelvin Hughes MantaDigital 25KW X-band magnetron navigational radar
 * Kelvin Hughes MantaDigital 200KW SharpEye S-band solid state navigation/surface search radar
 * Furuno FAR-28X7 series navigation radars
 * Sperry Mk. 92 Mod. 1 Fire Control System
 * Countermeasures:
 * 2 x Mk.36 SBROC Chaff/Decoy Launchers
 * Armament:
 * 1 x 76mm/62-caliber Mk.75 naval gun
 * 2 x Mk.141 SSM Launchers (fires RGM-84 Harpoon AShMs)
 * 2 x 25mm Mk.38 Mod 2 Bushmaster autocannons
 * 2 x 20mm Mk.16 Oerlikon cannon
 * 1 x Mk.49 SAM Launchers (fires SeaRAM SAMs)
 * 6 x 12.7mm MH2B Browning machine guns
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x AgustaWestland AW109E Power maritime helicopter

Unit Run

 * BRP Gregorio del Pilar (FF-15) - former USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715)
 * BRP Ramon Alcaraz (FF-16) - former USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716)
 * BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF-17) - former USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719)