| BRP Nicolas Mahusay (PB-116) | |
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PG-116_CARAT_2008.jpg BRP Nicolas Mahusay | |
| Career (South Korea) |  |
| Name: | PKM-??? |
| Builder: | Korea Tacoma Shipyard, Chinhae, South Korea |
| Launched: | 1970s |
| Fate: | transferred to Philippine Navy in 1998 as spare parts hulk |
| Career (Philippines) |  |
| Name: | BRP Nicolas Mahusay (PB-116) |
| Operator: | Philippine Navy |
| Acquired: | 1998 |
| Commissioned: | 2 July 1998[1][2][3] |
| Reclassified: | April 2016, from PG-116 to PB-116 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Tomas Batilo class (Chamsuri Wildcat PKM class) |
| Type: | Fast Attack Craft |
| Displacement: | 148 tons full load[4][5] |
| Length: | 121.4 ft (37 m) |
| Beam: | 22.6 ft (7 m) |
| Draft: | 5.6 ft (1.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesel engines (from 2008) @ 6,300 hp, 2 shafts[1] |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) max |
| Range: | 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) at 20 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 1 × Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat |
| Complement: | 31 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Koden Electronics MDC 1500 series navigation and surface search radar[1] |
| Armament: |
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BRP Nicolas Mahusay (PB-116) is a Tomas Batilo class fast attack craft of the Philippine Navy. It was transferred by the South Korean government in 1998.[6] It was initially acquired as a spare parts hulk, but the need for additional ships led to its commissioning with the Philippine Navy on 2 July 1998.[1][2]
It was upgraded under the Patrol Killer Medium-Republic of the Philippines (PKM-RP) Program of 2006 by Propmech Corp., the program includes the reinforcement of its hull, replacing the engines, radar, navigation and communication systems, and changing the weapons fit-out to include crane and space for rigid hull inflatable boat. The upgrades were completed in 2008.[1][2]
The ship received the Philippine Navy Plaque of Merit on 2009, being adjudged as the patrol gunboat of the year.[7]
In April 2016, in line with the Philippine Navy Standard Operating Procedures #08, the boat was reclassified as the patrol boat BRP Nicolas Mahusay (PB-116).
Technical Details[]
The ship was originally powered by 2 MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesel engines with total output of 6,000 horsepower.[4] From 2007, Propmech was contracted to replace the old engines with new Caterpillar 3516C diesel engines with a total output of 6,300 horsepower.[1]
The ship is equipped with a Koden Electronics MDC 1500 Series navigation and surface search radar, which replaced the previously installed radar during the refurbishing works in 2007.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 AFP Materiel Technical Specification Archives - PN Light Surface Warships Batillo (Sea Dolphin/PKM 200 'Chamsuri') class Small Patrol Craft (7)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 GlobalSecurity.org PG Tomas Batillo Class.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
- ↑ Wertheim, Eric: The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 15th Edition, page 552-553. Naval Institute Press, 2007.
- ↑ "PKM 200 Sea Dolphin (Wild Cat) class patrol boats". Jane's. http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/jnc/jnc_2892.html. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ↑ Philippine Navy website Navy Pays Tribute to the Ideals of Excellence
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