BRP Davao del Sur (LD-602)

BRP Davao del Sur at Exercise RIMPAC 2018.
Philippines
NameBRP Davao del Sur
NamesakeProvince of Davao del Sur
Ordered29 August 2013
BuilderPT PAL Indonesia
Laid down5 June 2015
Launched29 September 2016
Commissioned31 May 2017
Identification
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeTarlac-class landing platform dock
Displacement
  • Standard: 7,200 tons
  • Full load: 11,583 tons
Length123 m (403.5 ft)
Beam21.8 m (71.5 ft)
Draft5 m (16.4 ft)
Installed power1 x MAN D2842 LE301 diesel generator
Propulsion
Speed
  • Cruising: 13 kn (24.1 km/h; 15 mph)
  • Maximum: 16 kn (29.6 km/h; 18.4 mph)
Range9360 nmi (17334.7 km)
Endurance30 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 2 × LCU or LCM at floodable well decks
  • 2 × RHIB or LCVP at boat davits
Capacity500 troops plus associated vehicles and equipment
Complement121 crew
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Furuno X-band & S-band navigation radars
  • Combat management system (planned)
  • Surface search radar (planned)
  • Air search radar (planned)
  • Electro-Optical Fire Control System (planned)
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Electronic Warfare Suite (planned)
Armament
  • 1 × 76mm main gun on the foredeck (planned)
  • 2 × 25mm secondary guns, one each on port and starboard sides (planned)
  • 6 × .50cal (12.7mm) guns
Aircraft carried1 × AW109E Power naval helicopter
Aviation facilities
  • Hangar for 1 medium (10-ton) helicopter
  • Flight deck for 2 medium (10-ton) helicopters

BRP Davao del Sur (LD-602) is the second ship of the Tarlac-class landing platform dock of the Philippine Navy.[1] She is the second ship to be named after the Philippine province of Davao del Sur, one of the main provinces in Mindanao in Southern Philippines. She was launched on 29 September 2016[2] and was commissioned into service on 31 May 2017.[3]

  1. ^ "First of 2 New Vessels for PH Navy to be Launched in Indonesia". globalnation.inquirer.net. 15 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  2. ^ "Philippines acquisition of its second largest naval ship is nearing". Manila Livewire. 2016-09-30. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  3. ^ ""Philippine Navy will send BRP Davao Del Sur (LD-602) to Join IFR 2017"". Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2017-12-07.