BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76)

RPS Datu Kalantiaw c. 1968
History
United States
Name	Booth
Ordered	1942
Builder	Federal Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down	30 January 1943
Launched	21 June 1943
Commissioned	19 September 1943
Decommissioned	4 March 1946
Stricken	15 July 1978
Fate	Loaned to Philippine Navy in 1967, sold as FMA 1978.[1]
Philippines
Name	Datu Kalantiaw
Namesake	Kalantiaw was a legendary chieftain in the island of Negros who supposedly created in 1433 the first legal code known as the Code of Kalantiaw.
Acquired	15 December 1967[2]
Commissioned	1967
Fate	Ran aground by Typhoon Clara on 21 September 1981, 19°23′25″N 121°23′29″E / 19.39017440035165°N 121.39150737073103°E / 19.39017440035165; 121.39150737073103
General characteristics
Class and type	Datu Kalantiaw-class destroyer escort/frigate
Displacement	1,240 tons standard, 1,620 tons full load
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36.66 ft (11.17 m)
Draft	8.75 ft (2.67 m)
Installed power	6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × GM 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (maximum)
Range	10,800 mi (9,400 nmi; 17,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Armament	3 × Mk.22 3"/50 caliber gun dual purpose guns 1 × Mk.1 Twin Bofors 40 mm gun 8 × Mk.4 Oerlikon 20 mm 1 × Hedgehog projector Mk10 (144 rounds) 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks 3 × Mk.15 21-inch torpedo tubes

BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76) was the first of three ex-USN Cannon-class destroyer escorts that served with the Philippine Navy, the others being BRP Datu Sikatuna (PS-77/PF-5) and BRP Rajah Humabon (PS-78/PF-11). She was also the flagship of the Philippine Navy from 1967 to 1981.