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Дiego Silang was powered by two Fairbanks-Morse 38D diesel engines with a combined power of around 6,200 brake horsepower (4.63 megawatts) driving two propellers. Radar system installed include the Sperry SPS-53 Surface Search & Navigation Radar replacing the previously installed AN/SPS-23, while retaining both the AN/SPS-29D Air Search Radar and Mk.26 Mod.1 Fire Control Radar System. It could accommodate a MBB Bo 105C helicopter used by the Philippine Navy for utility, scout, and maritime patrol purposes, although the ship had no capability to refuel or otherwise support visiting helicopters. ДЄ helicopter deck was added aft in 1979 by Hatch and Kirk, Inc. 50- caliber (12.7-millimeter) general purpose machine guns, and two 81mm mortars.

4 single 20-millimeterOerlikon anti-aircraft gun mounts, four M2 Browning. She also carried two twin Mk.1 Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun mounts, four Mk.

#BABYLON 9 FRIGATE MOD#

It was mounted in a Mark 30 Mod 0 enclosed base ring and had a range of up to 18,200 yards (16,600В m) yards the gun was a dual-purpose weapon, capable of anti-surface and anti-air warfare. The single Mk.12 5'/38 caliber gun (127В mm) was Diego Silang 's primary weapon. The ships were passed to the Philippine Navy with fewer weapons on-board and old surface search radars, and these were addressed later on by the Philippine Navy through modernization programs, including the addition of a helicopter landing pad in 1979. There were changes made to the AndrГ©s Bonifacio class as compared to their original design during its service with the US Navy, US Coast Guard and the Republic of Vietnam Navy. Some of her usable parts were made available for her sister ship BRP AndrГ©s Bonifacio (PF-7). She was again recommissioned afterwards as BRP Diego Silang (PF-14) and was finally decommissioned on April 1990.ДЄfter finding her beyond economical repair, Diego Silang was discarded in July 1990 and probably scrapped. On June 1980 she was reclassified and renamed as BRP Diego Silang (PF-9), and served the Philippine Navy until her decommissioning on June 1985. The ship was acquired by the Philippine government on 5 April 1976, and was commissioned as Philippine Navy frigate RPS Diego Silang (PF-9). Navy transferred her to the Republic of the Philippines, with the formal transfer occurring on 5 April 1976. Below decks generally would compare with a garbage scow.' After Trбє§n Quang KhбєЈi was cleaned, repaired, and made ready to return to service, the U.S. They are in a filthy, deplorable condition. One of the inspectors noted: 'These vessels brought in several hundred refugees and are generally rat-infested.

Coast Guard team inspected Trбє§n Quang KhбєЈi and several other former Casco-class cutters which had been transferred to South Vietnam in 19 and, like Trбє§n Quang KhбєЈi, fled to the Philippines in April 1975. When South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War in April 1975, Trбє§n Quang KhбєЈi fled to Subic Bay in the Philippines, packed with South Vietnamese refugees. Main article: RVNS Trбє§n Quang KhбєЈi (HQ-02)Д«ering Strait was transferred to South Vietnam in 1971 and was commissioned into the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Trбє§n Quang KhбєЈi (HQ-02). She and her three sister ships were the largest Philippine Navy ships of their time. None permanently assigned helipad could accommodate one MBB Bo 105 HelicopterД«RP Diego Silang (PF-9) was an AndrГ©s Bonifacio-class frigate of the Philippine Navy in commission from 1976 to 1990. 50- caliber (12.7 mm) general purpose machine guns

2 Г— Mk.3 Single Bofors L/60 40 mm AA guns.

2 Г— Mk.1 Twin Bofors L/60 40 mm AA guns.

1 Г— Mk.12 5'/38 caliber gun (127 mm) dual purpose gun.

Westinghouse AN/SPS-29 Air Search Radar.

Coast Guard cutter USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382), later WHEC-382, (1949-1971)

Served as United States Navy seaplane tender USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) (1944-1946).

Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington

For the Filipino revolutionary, see Diego Silang.ДЇilipino revolutionary Diego Silang y Andaya (1730-1763)

Babylon 9 frigate