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BRP General Mariano Alvarez (PS-176)

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History
United States
NameCyclone
NamesakeCyclone
Awarded1 August 1990
BuilderBollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
CostUS$25.69 million
Laid down22 June 1991
Launched1 February 1992
Commissioned7 August 1993
Decommissioned28 February 2000
Stricken28 February 2000
IdentificationPC-1
MottoFast and Furious
FateTransferred to the U.S. Coast Guard on 29 February 2000. Transferred to Philippine Navy in 2004.[1]
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Philippines
NameGeneral Mariano Alvarez
NamesakeMariano Álvarez
OperatorPhilippine Navy
AcquiredJanuary 2004[2]
Commissioned8 March 2004[3]
IdentificationPS-176
StatusIn service
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General characteristics
Class and typeMariano Alvarez class
TypeCoastal Patrol Vessel
Displacement357 tons full load
Length170.3 ft (51.9 m)
Beam25.9 ft (7.9 m)
Draft7.9 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power13,400 hp (10,000 kW)
Propulsion4 × Paxman Valenta 16V RP-200CM Diesel Engines, 4 propellers
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) (maximum)
Range2,900 mi (2,500 nmi; 4,700 km)at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance10 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		1 × 20-foot RHIB
Complement28 + 8
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-64(V)9 I-band Surface Search Radar
  • Sperry Vision RASCAR 2100M Combat System
  • Sperry Vision RASCAR 3400C X-band Navigation/Surface Search Radar
  • Sperry Vision RASCAR 3400C S-band Navigation/Surface Search Radar
  • Wesmar side-scanning hull-mounted Sonar
  • Marconi VISTAR IM 405 FLIR System[2]
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Privateer AN/APR-39(V)1 ESM radar warning
  • 1 × Mk.52 Mod.0 sextuple Chaff Launchers
Armament
  • 1 × Mk.38 Bushmaster 25 mm cannon[4]
  • 1 × Mk.96 stabilized Bushmaster 25 mm cannon with Mk.19 Mod.3 40 mm Automatic Grenade Launcher[4]
  • 4 × M2HG Browning 12.7 mm 50 caliber machine guns[4]
  • 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine gun[4]

BRP General Mariano Alvarez (PS-176) is the lead ship of its class of three coastal patrol ships currently in service with the Philippine Navy. She was the lead ship of the US Navy's Cyclone-class patrol ship prior to being transferred to the Philippine Navy.

References

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  1. ^ NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Coastal Photo Archive. USS Cyclone (PC-1).
  2. ^ a b Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
  3. ^ "President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Speech on Commissioning of BRP Gen. Mariano Alvarez (PS-176) March 8, 2004". Office of the Press Secretary, Republic of the Philippines. 8 March 2004. Archived from the original on 31 May 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d "Philippines Commissions Cyclone-Class Patrol Ship". Findarticles.com. May 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
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