Del Pilar-class offshore patrol vessel

	BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15)
Class overview
Name	Gregorio del Pilar class
Builders	Avondale Shipyards
Operators	Philippine Navy
In commission	2011–present
Planned	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Offshore Patrol Vessel
Displacement	3,250 tons
Length	378 ft (115.2 m)
Beam	43 ft (13.1 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement:; 2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines, each producing 3,500 shp (2,610 kW); 2 × Pratt & Whittney FT4A-6 gas turbines, each producing 18,000 shp (13,400 kW);
Speed	29 kn (53.7 km/h; 33.4 mph)
Range	14000 nmi (25928 km)
Endurance	45 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × RHIBs
Complement	80
Sensors and ; processing systems	CMS:; Naval Shield Baseline 2 integrated combat management system; Main radar:; SeaGIRAFFE AMB (USN designation: AN/SPS-77) multi-role 3D air-&-surface search-&-track (awaiting installation on PS-17); Secondary Radars:; (Hull 15 & 16):; SharpEye™ Mk.2 X-band (25kW) & S-band (200W) solid-state pulse-Doppler navigation & surface-search; (Hull 17):; Furuno FAR3220BB X-band (25kW) & S-band (200W) solid-state navigation & surface-search; FCS:; USN Mk.92 Mod.1 Fire Control System by Sperry; EOIR Sensors:; SeaFLIR®230 Electro-Optical & Infra-Red search-&-track system (awaiting installation on PS-15 & 17); Sonar:; ELAC Hunter 2.0 hull-mounted sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 × Mark 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Countermeasures) mortar-type countermeasures launching system by BAE Systems; RESM: contract implementation stage;
Armament	1 × OTO Melara 76/62C (Compatto/Compact) 76mm L/62 DP autocannon on a USN Mk.45 mount; 6 × M2 Browning M2HB 12.7mm (50caliber) heavy machine guns; Hull 15 only:; 2 × Mk 38 Mod 3 RWS 25mm cannons by BAE Systems; 1 × Mk 38 Mod 1 25mm cannon by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division; Hull 16 and 17 only:; 2 × Mk 38 Mod 2 RWS 25mm cannons;
Armour	CBRNE defense system ; Steel hull, aluminium superstructure;
Aircraft carried	1 × AW109E Power naval helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helideck; Partly-fixed & partly-retractable hangar;

The Del Pilar-class are offshore patrol vessels currently in service with the Philippine Navy and previously in service with the US Coast Guard as Hamilton-class high endurance cutters. The Department of National Defense is currently in the process of upgrading their systems and capabilities under a modernization project awarded to Hanwha Systems of South Korea.

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