BRP Tarlac (LD-601)

BRP Tarlac anchored off Sangley Point in Cavite in March 2019
Philippines
Name	BRP Tarlac
Namesake	Province of Tarlac
Ordered	29 August 2013
Builder	PT PAL Indonesia
Laid down	5 June 2015
Launched	18 January 2016
Commissioned	1 June 2016[1]
Identification	LD-601 IMO number: 9745639 MMSI number: 548118500 Callsign: 4DIIF
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Tarlac-class landing platform dock
Displacement	Standard: 7,200 tons Full load: 11,583 tons
Length	123 m (403.5 ft)
Beam	21.8 m (71.5 ft)
Draft	5 m (16.4 ft)
Installed power	1 x MAN D2842 LE301 diesel generator
Propulsion	Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement: 2 × MAN-STX 8L27/38 diesel engines, each producing 3,915 bhp (2,920 kW)
Speed	Cruising: 13 kn (24.1 km/h; 15 mph) Maximum: 16 kn (29.6 km/h; 18.4 mph)
Range	9360 nmi (17334.7 km)
Endurance	30 days
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × LCU or LCM at floodable well decks 2 × RHIB or LCVP at boat davits
Capacity	500 troops plus associated vehicles and equipment
Complement	121 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 the port and starboard sides (planned) 6 x .50cal (12.7mm) guns
Aircraft carried	1 × AW109E Power naval helicopter
Aviation facilities	Hangar for 1 medium (10-ton) helicopter Flight deck for 2 medium (10-ton) helicopters

BRP Tarlac (LD-601) is the lead ship of her class of landing platform docks in service with the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after the Philippine province of Tarlac, one of the provinces considered to have significant involvement in the Philippine Revolution of independence against Spain.