BRP Waray (LC-288)
History | |
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Australia | |
Name: | HMAS Wewak |
Builder: | Walkers Limited (Maryborough, Queensland, Australia) |
Laid down: | 21 March 1972 |
Launched: | 19 May 1972 |
Commissioned: | 10 August 1973 |
Decommissioned: | 11 December 2012 |
Fate: | transferred to Philippine Navy. |
History | |
Philippines | |
Name: | BRP Waray |
Namesake: | Waray people, a Filipino ethnic group located in the eastern Visayas islands of Leyte and Samar, Philippines |
Operator: | Philippine Navy |
Acquired: | 2016 |
Commissioned: | 1 June 2016 |
Status: | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ivatan-class (Balikpapan class) |
Type: | Landing Craft Heavy |
Displacement: |
364 tons standard 517 tons full load |
Length: | 44.5 m (146 ft) |
Beam: | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
Draft: | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion: |
2 × General Motors Detroit 6–71 diesel motors (original) 2 × Caterpillar 3406E diesel engines (RAN since 2005) |
Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Range: |
3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) unladen 1,300 nautical miles (2,400 km; 1,500 mi) with 175 tons of cargo |
Capacity: | 180 tons of cargo |
Complement: | 16 |
Sensors and processing systems: | Racal Decca Bridgemaster I-band navigational radar |
Armament: | two 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine guns |
The BRP Waray (LC-288) is a heavy landing craft of the Philippine Navy. From 1972 to 2012, it was known as HMAS Wewak (L 130) and served the Royal Australian Navy. [1] which was decommissioned on December 2012, stored until it was sold by the Australian government to the Philippine Navy to assist in improving the country's Humaritarian and Disaster Relief capabilities.[2]
Prior to commissioning with the Philippine Navy, the ship, together with the former HMAS Balikpapan and HMAS Betano, underwent refurbishing, refit, and servicing works in Cebu for a few month.[3]
The ship was commissioned to Philippine Navy, together with 2 other sisterships and a new landing platform dock, on 1 June 2016 in Manila.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Philippine Navy commissions first SSV, three landing craft on 118th anniversary". IHS Jane's 360. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
- ↑ "Australia confirms Philippines' acquisition of three ex-RAN landing craft". IHS Jane's 360. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
- ↑ "3 new ships officially turned over to Navy". Philstar. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
- ↑ "Navy chief asserts need to focus on territorial defense amid sea tensions". Inquirer.net. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
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