BRP Rajah Lakandula

	BRP Rajah Lakandula (PF-4)
History
United States
Name	Camp
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas
Laid down	27 January 1943
Launched	16 April 1943
Commissioned	16 September 1943
Recommissioned	31 July 1956
Renamed	USS Camp (DER-251)
Reclassified	Radar Picket
Stricken	30 December 1975
Motto	If by sea
Fate	Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy on 13 February 1971.
South Vietnam
Name	Tran Hung Dao
Operator	Republic of Vietnam Navy
Acquired	13 February 1971
Decommissioned	1975
Fate	Escaped to the Philippines in 1975 after the fall of South Vietnam.
Philippines
Name	Rajah Lakandula
Namesake	Lakandula was the native ruler of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Tondo when the Spanish colonizers first came to the island of Luzon.
Operator	Philippine Navy
Acquired	5 April 1976
Commissioned	27 July 1976
Decommissioned	1988
Stricken	1988
Fate	Decommissioned from the Philippine Navy in 1988, used as a stationary barracks ship as until 1999. Probably sold as scrap.
General characteristics
Class and type	Rajah Lakandula-class destroyer escort / frigate
Displacement	1,200 tons standard, 1,590 tons full load
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36.83 ft (11.23 m)
Draft	12.25 ft (3.73 m)
Installed power	6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines; 4 generators; 2 motors; 2 shafts;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (maximum)
Range	9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Armament	2 × Mk.30 5"/38 caliber gun dual purpose guns; 1 × Mk.1 Twin Bofors 40 mm gun; 8 × Mk.4 Oerlikon 20 mm cannons; 3 × Mk.15 21" Torpedo Tubes; 1 × Mk.10 Hedgehog Projector (144 rounds); 8 × Mk.6 Depth Charge Projectors; 2 × Mk.9 Depth Charge Tracks;

BRP Rajah Lakandula (PF-4) was a frigate of the Philippine Navy, and was its only ex-USN Edsall-class destroyer escort. She was also the flagship of the Philippine Navy from 1981 to 1988.

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History
BRP Rajah Lakandula (PF-4)
United States
Name	Camp
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas
Laid down	27 January 1943
Launched	16 April 1943
Commissioned	16 September 1943
Recommissioned	31 July 1956
Renamed	USS Camp (DER-251)
Reclassified	Radar Picket
Stricken	30 December 1975
Motto	If by sea
Fate	Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy on 13 February 1971.^[1]
South Vietnam
Name	Tran Hung Dao
Operator	Republic of Vietnam Navy
Acquired	13 February 1971
Decommissioned	1975
Fate	Escaped to the Philippines in 1975 after the fall of South Vietnam.
Philippines
Name	Rajah Lakandula
Namesake	Lakandula was the native ruler of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Tondo when the Spanish colonizers first came to the island of Luzon.
Operator	Philippine Navy
Acquired	5 April 1976^[1]^[2]
Commissioned	27 July 1976
Decommissioned	1988^[1]^[2]
Stricken	1988^[1]^[2]
Fate	Decommissioned from the Philippine Navy in 1988, used as a stationary barracks ship as until 1999. Probably sold as scrap.
General characteristics
Class and type	Rajah Lakandula-class destroyer escort / frigate
Displacement	1,200 tons standard, 1,590 tons full load
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36.83 ft (11.23 m)
Draft	12.25 ft (3.73 m)
Installed power	6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines 4 generators 2 motors 2 shafts
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (maximum)
Range	9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Armament	2 × Mk.30 5"/38 caliber gun dual purpose guns 1 × Mk.1 Twin Bofors 40 mm gun 8 × Mk.4 Oerlikon 20 mm cannons 3 × Mk.15 21" Torpedo Tubes 1 × Mk.10 Hedgehog Projector (144 rounds) 8 × Mk.6 Depth Charge Projectors 2 × Mk.9 Depth Charge Tracks