Wednesday, November 06, 2013
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The Philippine government spent more than P400 million to acquire BRP Gregorio Del Pilar under the US defense excess article program.


U.S. Coast Guard at Canada Place
  • Type: Frigate
  • Displacement: 3,250 tons
  • Length: 115 m
  • Beam: 13 m
  • Draft: 2.67 m
  • Propulsion: (CODOG) arrangement
    2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines
  • Speed: 29 knots (54 km/ h)
  • Range: 14,000 mi (22,531 km)
  • Endurance: 45 days
  • Complement: - 80
  • Processing systems:
    • Raytheon/Furuno AN/SPS-73
    • Navigation and surface search radar
    • Sperry Mk. 92 Mod. 1 Fire Control System
  • Armament:
    • One OTO Melara  76 mm dual purpose gun
    • Mk. 38 Mod 0 chain gun
    • 2 × Mk. 16 20mm Oerlikon autocannons
    • 6 × M2 Browning 12.7mm/50 calibermachine guns
    • 2 × Loral Hycor Mk.36 6-barrelled Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff (SRBOC) decoy launchers
  • Aircraft: 1 × BO-105C to replace with  AWS109 Helicopter
Armament is subject for upgrade such as
  • Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm stabilized remote-controlled gun systems
  • ASW Warfare
  • Anti-ship Missile

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