BRP Davao del Sur (LD-602)

BRP Davao del Sur (LD-602)
Philippines
Name: BRP Davao del Sur
Namesake: Province of Davao del Sur
Awarded: 29 August 2013
Builder: PT PAL (Persero) Indonesia
Launched: 29 September 2016
Commissioned: TBA 2017
Status: under construction
General characteristics
Class and type: Tarlac-class landing platform dock
Displacement:
  • Standard: 7,200 tons
  • Full load: 11,583 tons
Length: 123 m (404 ft)
Beam: 21.8 m (72 ft)
Draft: 5 m (16 ft)
Installed power: 1 x MAN D 2842 LE301 diesel generator
Propulsion:
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h) maximum
Range: 9,360 nautical miles (17,300 km)
Endurance: 30 Days
Boats & landing
craft carried:
  • 2 × LCU or LCM at floodable well docks
  • 2 × RHIB or LCVP at boat davits
Capacity: 500 troops and associated vehicles & equipment
Complement: 121
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Furuno X & S-band navigation radars
  • Surface & 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)
  • Unspecified number of 50-caliber Machine guns
Aircraft carried: 2 x 10-ton naval helicopters
Aviation facilities: Hangar and flight deck for 2 medium helicopters

BRP Davao del Sur (LD-602) is the second and last ship of her class of the Philippine Navy's landing platform docks.[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 is expected to be commissioned to the Philippine Navy by 1st quarter of 2017.

References

  1. "First of 2 new vessels for PH Navy to be launched in Indonesia". globalnation.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  2. "Philippines acquisition of its second largest naval ship is nearing". Manila Livewire. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2016-09-30.

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