Miguel Malvar class corvette

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BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19), a Miguel Malvar class corvette
Class overview
Name: Miguel Malvar class Patrol Corvette
Builders: Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co.;Albina Engine and Machine Works; , Willamette Iron and Steel Corp.; Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding; USA
Operators: Philippine Navy
Succeeded by: Rizal class corvette
Active: 7[1]
Retired: 1
Preserved: 1 (for possible reactivation)
General characteristics
Class and type: Miguel Malvar class
Type: Patrol Corvette
Displacement: 880.8 Tons (Full Load)
Length: 184.5 ft (56.2 m)
Beam: 33 ft (10 m)
Draft: 9.75 ft (2.97 m)
Propulsion: Main: 2 x GM 12-567ATL diesel engines
Auxiliary: 2 x GM 6-71 diesel engines with 100KW gen and 1 x GM 3-268A diesel engine with 60KW gen
Speed: 16 Knots (maximum),
Endurance: 5370 nmi
Complement: around 77
Armament: 1 x 3"/50 caliber gun (76 mm) Mk22
2 × Twin Bofors 40 mm gun
3 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 x 12.7 mm 50 cal machine guns

The Miguel Malvar class is a ship class of nine patrol corvettes currently in service of the Philippine Navy, and are currently its oldest class of corvettes. These ships were formerly used by the US Navy as PCE class patrol craft escorts, which were also based on the Admirable class minesweeper hull . Under the Philippine Navy, the vessels have undergone upgrades and modification, and were categorized as corvettes.

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[edit] History

The PCE class of naval ships were served with the United States Navy during the Second World War.

Out of the reserved US Navy units, five were transferred to the Philippines as part of the US Military Assistance Program, while four where former South Vietnamese Navy units that escaped to the Philippines in 1975.

With 40 years of active duty with the Philippine Navy, ships of this class have been involved local and international crisis, exercises, and incidents.

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Originally the ship was armed with one 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun, two twin Bofors 40 mm guns, 1 Hedgehog depth charge projector, four depth charge projectiles (K-guns) and two depth charge tracks.[2]

The same configuration applies up until the late 1980s when the Philippine Navy removed most of its old anti-submarine weapons and systems, and added three 20 mm Oerlikon guns and four 12.7 mm general purpose machine guns were placed, making it lighter and ideal for surface patrols, but losing its limited anti-submarine warfare capability.

The ship is originally powered by two Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, but was replaced by two GM 12-567ATL diesel engines similar to her sister ships, with a combined rating of around 1,710 bhp driving two propellers. The main engines can propel the 880.8 tons (full load) ship to a maximum speed of around 16 knots (30 km/h).[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Philippine Fleet Official Website. Commissioned ships and crafts.
  2. ^ NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. Gayety (MSF 239) ex-AM-239.
  3. ^ DLSU N-ROTC Office. Naming and Code Designation of PN Vessels.

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