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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 shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	1800 - 2000
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel 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
Complement	85

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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.