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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Datu Tupas (ex-Chi Linh, ex-Shelter)	PS18		Commercial Ship Repair, Winslow, USA	8.1943	14.11.1943	7.1944 // 5.4.1976	stricken 1977
Magat Salamat (ex-Chi Lang II, ex-Gayety)	PS20		Commercial Ship Repair, Winslow, USA	11.1943	19.3.1944	9.1944 // 5.4.1976	in service (2019)
Samar (ex-Project)	M33, 1965- PS33		Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA	7.1943	20.11.1943	8.1944 // 24.5.1948	stricken 1970

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	825
Displacement full, t	903
Length, m	54.9 wl 56.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.1
Draught, m	2.97
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Cooper-Bessemer diesels
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil 140
Endurance, nm(kts)	8500 (12)
Armament	PS33: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 PS18, 20: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar
Electronic equipment	PS33: SO radar PS18, 20: SPS-53A, SPN-18 radars
Complement	95

Standard scale images

Project history Minesweeping gear removed upon transfer in 1948. One more ship, Pagasa, renamed several times as Santa Maria, Corregidor and Mount Samat, served as pres

Minesweeping gear removed upon transfer in 1948. One more ship, Pagasa, renamed several times as Santa Maria, Corregidor and Mount Samat, served as presidential yacht and had her stem rebuilt, later used as command vessel. Magat Salamat and Datu Tupas were transferred to South Vietnam in April 1962, escaped to Philippines in November 1975 (officially transferred 5.4.1976) and commissioned by the navy 7.2.1977.

Modernizations

1990s, Magat Salamat: presumabely - SPS-53A, SPN-18 radars; + 2x SPS-64 radars

Naval service

No significant events.