BRP Magat Salamat

BRP Magat Salamat (PS-20)
History
United States
NameGayety (AM-239)
Ordered1942
BuilderWinslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding
Laid down14 November 1943
Launched19 March 1944
Commissioned23 September 1944
Decommissioned1 March 1954
ReclassifiedFleet Minesweeper, MSF-239
FateTransferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy on 17 April 1962.
South Vietnam
NameChi Lăng II (HQ-08)
Acquired17 April 1962
Out of service1975
FateEscaped to the Philippines in 1975
Philippines
NameMagat Salamat
NamesakeMagat Salamat
Acquired5 April 1976
Commissioned7 February 1977[1]
Decommissioned10 December 2021
ReclassifiedPatrol Corvette
Status(as of 2021 Dec 28 for temporary use in relief ops)[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeMiguel Malvar-class corvette (in Philippine Navy service)
Type
  • Gun Corvette (in PhN service, & likely in RVNN as well)
  • Patrol Corvette (if ASW gears had remained when she escaped to PH in 1975, or to her earlier transfer to RVNN in 1962)
  • Minesweeper (original config by USN)
Displacement945 tons (full load)[3]
Length184.5 ft (56.2 m) [3]
Beam33 ft (10 m) [3]
Draft9.75 ft (2.97 m)[3]
Installed power
  • 2 × GM6-71 diesel engines with 100KW gen [4]
  • 1 × GM3-268A diesel engine with 60KW gen [4]
Propulsion2 × GM12-278A diesel engines [4] with a combined 2,200 hp (1,600 kW)
Speed
  • max 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) [4] likely due to removal of ASW gears + minesweeping gears
  • sustained max 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) [4] likely reason same as max stated above
  • economy 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) [4] likely reason same as max stated above
  • max 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) [3] default spec
Range
  • 5,370 nmi [4]
  • 6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement
  • 104[3]
  • 85 (likely during both her ASW & minesweeping gears were removed, reducing workload)
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

BRP Magat Salamat (PS-20) is one of several Miguel Malvar class of patrol corvettes in service with the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS Gayety (AM-239), an Admirable-class minesweeper with a similar hull to the PCE-842-class patrol craft produced during World War II. In 1962 she was transferred to South Vietnam for service in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Chi Lang II (HQ-08). She was acquired by the Philippine Navy in April 1976 and later on commissioned as Magat Salamat. Along with other ex-World War II veteran ships of the Philippine Navy, she is considered one of the oldest active fighting ships in the world today.[6]

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  6. ^ Armed Forces of the Philippines Order of Battle. Philippine Navy Archived 12 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine