BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15)

For other ships with the same name, see BRP Gregorio del Pilar.

BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15)
History
United States
NameUSCGC Hamilton
BuilderAvondale Shipyards
LaunchedDecember 18, 1965
CommissionedMarch 18, 1967
DecommissionedMarch 28, 2011
IdentificationWHEC-715
FateTransferred to Philippine Navy
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Philippines
NameBRP Gregorio del Pilar
NamesakeGregorio Hilario del Pilar y Sempio
AcquiredMay 13, 2011
CommissionedDecember 14, 2011
Maiden voyageJuly 18, 2011
HomeportSubic Bay Freeport Zone
Identification
Nickname(s)BRP Goyo
StatusIn active service
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General characteristics
Class and typeGregorio del Pilar-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement3,250 tons
Length378 ft (115.2 m)
Beam43 ft (13.1 m)
Draft15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[2] via twin gas-turbines
Range12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) @ 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[2] via diesel
Endurance45 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × RHIB
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Combat System:
    NavalShield Baseline 2 iCMS by Hanwha Systems
  • Coast Watch System Shipboard Command and Control Suite (CWS-SCCS) by Global Technical Systems (GTS)[3]
  • Search radar:
    Saab AB AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraffe AMB 3D air/surface search radar
  • Secondary radars:
    Kelvin Hughes MK2 25KW X-band navigational radar

    Kelvin Hughes Sharpeye 200W S-band solid state navigation/surface search radar
  • Fire Control System:
    Sperry Mk 92 Mod 1 Fire Control System[1]
  • Optronic Sensors:
    SeaFLIR230 color TV camera, low-light camera, thermal imager, LRF, laser pointer, NVIS
  • Sonar:
    ELAC Hunter 2.0 underkeel sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
ArmorCBRNE defense system[7]
Aircraft carried1 × AW109E Power naval helicopter[8]
Aviation facilities
  • flight deck
  • hangar: partly-fixed partly-retractable
Notessteel hull, aluminium superstructure
BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15), arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam during a scheduled port visit. (July 2011)
USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715)

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 to "PS-15".[9]

From 1967–2011, the ship was a Hamilton-class high endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard, known as USCGC Hamilton. The U.S. decommissioned the cutter on 28 March 2011, and was acquired by the Philippines under the Excess Defense Articles and the Foreign Assistance Act.[10] It is one of three ex-US Coast Guard Hamilton-class cutters that serve in the Philippine Navy.

  1. ^ a b Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004–2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Gsorg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "NEWS & PRESS RELEASES". Global Technical Systems. gts.us.com. September 28, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2021. GTS Wins $1.1 Million Contract to Develop and Deploy Coast Watch System
  4. ^ "Navy flagship sheds US identity; videoke onboard". Inquirer.net. September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  5. ^ Saunders, Stephen (2013). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013–2014. IHS. p. 614. ISBN 978-0-7106-3048-3.
  6. ^ Montero, Max (June 16, 2019). "Installed Mk.38 Mod.3 25mm RCWS to PS-15". facebook.com/MaxDefense. Retrieved November 28, 2021. making use of ship's downtime
  7. ^ "BRP Jose Rizal crew protected from chemical, nuclear attack". pna.gov.ph. February 28, 2020. This ability is also present in the 3 Del Pilar-class
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference new-navy-attack-helicopters-join-first-naval-maneuvers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Nepomuceno, Priam. "Del Pilar-class frigates redesignated as patrol ships". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  10. ^ Dhick, Mowby (May 14, 2011). Hamilton/d,phildet/ "13/05/2011: Philippine Navy Acquires USCGC Hamilton". Retrieved May 13, 2011.