PF-15 commonly known as BRP
Gregorio del Pilar is a frigate by the Philippine Navy the lead ship of the
class. This was the second Philippine Navy ship named after Gregorio del Pilar,
a revolutionary Filipino general known for his function at the Battle of Tirad
Pass.
From the year 1967—2011 the ship
was a United States Coast Guard a high—endurance Hamilton—class cutter named from
the WHEC-715 of USCGC Hamilton. United States decommissioned the frigate cutter
last March 28, 2011 the frigate ship was acquired under the Excess Defense
Articles and Foreign Assistance Act and is one of two ex-US Coast Guard
Hamilton-class cutters to serve the Philippine Navy.
The ship was specially designed
with high level of habitability and provides comfortable accommodations, this
includes air conditioning. Gregorio del Pilar was the first Philippine military
vessel to employ common shipboard application of aircraft gas turbine jet
engines with the use of controllable pitch propellers with two 18,000
horsepower Pratt & Whitney gas turbines that propel ship at 28 knots
Gregorio del Pilar has two 2,600
kW Fairbanks—Morse diesel engines, capable of driving the ship economically at 31
km/h for up to 26,700 km nautical miles without refueling. It has rotatable bow
propulsion provides maneuverability in tight situations.
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