BRP Davao del Sur (LD-602) | |
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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: | 31 May 2017 |
Motto: | Nos Inveniam Viam (We Shall Find a Way) |
Status: | commission |
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General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Tarlac-class landing platform dock |
Displacement: |
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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 |
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Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) maximum |
Range: | 9,360 nautical miles (17,300 km) |
Endurance: | 30 Days |
Boats & landing craft carried: | |
Capacity: | 500 troops and associated vehicles & equipment |
Complement: | 121 |
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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 she was commissioned into Philippine Navy service on 31 May 2017.[3]
See also[]
- Tarlac-class landing platform dock
- BRP Tarlac (LD-601)
- List of ships of the Philippine Navy
- BRP Davao del Sur (PM-92)
References[]
- ↑ "First of 2 new vessels for PH Navy to be launched in Indonesia". http://globalnation.inquirer.net/135148/first-of-2-new-vessels-for-ph-navy-to-be-launched-in-indonesia.
- ↑ "Philippines acquisition of its second largest naval ship is nearing". 2016-09-30. http://www.manilalivewire.com/2016/09/philippines-acquisition-of-its-second-largest-naval-ship-is-nearing.
- ↑ "Marawi is country's 'bedrock of illegal drugs' — President Duterte". Philippine News Agency. 2017-05-31. http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/992513.
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