BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178)
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The BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) is an Alvarez-class patrol ship of the Philippine Navy. She is the Philippine Navy's third ship of the class and was previously a Cyclone-class patrol ship named USS Chinook (PC-9) during her service with the US Navy.
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BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) during its commissioning with the Philippine Navy. | |
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United States of America | |
Name | USS Chinook |
Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana[1] |
Laid down | 16 June 1993 |
Launched | 26 February 1994 |
Acquired | 7 October 1994 |
Commissioned | 28 January 1995 |
Recommissioned | 22 August 2008 |
Decommissioned | 28 March 2023[2] |
Identification | PC-9 |
Motto | "Stealth Courage Swiftness" |
Fate | Transferred to Philippine Navy[2] |
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Philippines | |
Name | BRP Ladislao Diwa |
Namesake | Ladislao Diwa, Filipino revolutionary and co-founder of Katipunan |
Acquired | 28 March 2023 |
Commissioned | 11 September 2023[3] |
Identification | PS-178 |
Status | In service |
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Class and type | Alvarez-class patrol ship |
Displacement | 331 tons |
Length | 174 ft (53 m) |
Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draft | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
Installed power | 2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators |
Propulsion | 4 × Paxman Valenta 16RP200CM diesel engines producing combined total of 13,400 shp (9,990 kW) sustained [1] |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) maximum |
Range | 2,900 mi (2,500 nmi; 4,700 km)at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Endurance | 10 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × 7-meter RHIB |
Crew | 4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces |
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