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Leyte 1977

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Miguel Malvar (ex-Ngoc Hoi, ex-Brattleboro, ex-PCE(R)852) PS19   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 10.1943 1.3.1944 5.1944 // 5.4./1976 in service (2019)
Sultan Kudarat (ex-Dong Da II, ex-Crestview, ex-PCE895) PS22   Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 12.1943 18.5.1944 10.1944 // 5.4.1976 in service (2019)
Datu Marikudo (ex-Van Kiep II, ex-Amherst, ex-PCE(R)853) PS23   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 11.1943 18.3.1944 6.1944 // 5.4.1976 stricken 12.2010
Cebu (ex-PCE881) E28, 1965- PS28   Albina, Portland, USA 8.1943 10.11.1943 7.1944 // 2.7.1948 in service (2019)
Negros Occidental (ex-PCE884) E29, 1965- PS29   Albina, Portland, USA 10.1943 24.2.1944 3.1945 // 2.7.1948 stricken 12.2010
Leyte (ex-PCE885) E30, 1965- PS30   Albina, Portland, USA 2.1944 20.6.1944 4.1945 // 2.7.1948 wrecked 1978
Pangasinan (ex-PCE891) E31, 1965- PS31   Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 10.1943 24.4.1944 6.1944 // 2.7.1948 in service (2019)
Iloilo (ex-PCE897) E32, 1965- PS32   Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 12.1943 30.8.1944 1.1945 // 2.7.1948 stricken 9.2016


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

795

Displacement full, t

903

Length, m

54.9 wl 56.2 oa

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts2
Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.1800 - 2000
Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, tdiesel oil 140
Endurance, nm(kts)8500 (12)
Armament

PS19, 22, 23:  1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCR

PS28-32: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

PS19: SPS-21D, SPN-18 radars, SQS-17B sonar

PS22: SPN-18 radar, SQS-17B sonar

PS23: SPS-50, SPN-18 radars, SQS-17B sonar

PS28-32: SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

Complement85


Standard scale images


<i>Cebu </i>1960
Cebu 1960


Graphics


<i>Cebu </i>2000
Cebu 2000
<i>Leyte </i>1977
Leyte 1977


Project history

Ships transferred in 1948 were originally numbered E28-32. Last three ships were ex-South Vietnamese, escaped from Vietnam to Philippines in November 1975 and in April 1976 included to Philippine navy list.

Modernizations

1970s, PS28-32: - 4 DCT; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, new sensors consisted of CRM-NIA-75, SPN-18 radars, SQS-17B sonar

mid-1980s, all: - 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCR, SQS-17B sonar

1990-1992, Miguel Malvar: - 4 x 2 - 20/70, SPS-21D, SPN-18 radars; + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 68, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2x SPS-64 radars

1990-1992, Sultan Kudarat: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 2 - 20/70, SPN-18 radar; + 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 68, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2x SPS-64 radars

1990-1992, Pangasian, Iloilo;1992-1993, Cebu; 1996, Negros Occidental: - 3 x 2 - 40/60, CRM-NIA-75, SRN-18 radars; + 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2x SPS-64 radars

1992-1993, Datu Marikudo: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 2 - 20/70, SPS-50, SPN-18 radars; + 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 68, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2x SPS-64 radars

Naval service

Leyte ran aground off Wallace Air Station (USAAF) near San Fernando (Luzon Island) in 1978.