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Quezon 1976

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Rizal (ex-Murrelet)	PS69, 1996- PS74		Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., USA	8.1944	29.12.1944	8.1945 // 18.6.1965	in service (2019)
Quezon (ex-Vigilance)	PS70		Associated, Seattle, USA	11.1942	5.4.1943	2.1944 // 19.8.1967	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1090
Displacement full, t	1250
Length, m	65.5 wl 67.4 oa
Breadth, m	9.80
Draught, m	3.28 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 electric motors, 2 General Motors diesel-generators
Power, h. p.	2880
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	diesel oil 200
Endurance, nm(kts)	6370 (16.5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	SPS-5C, DAS3 radars, SQS-17B sonar
Complement	100

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Project history

Former US Navy minesweepers (originally designated AM). Upon transfer the minesweeping gear was removed and a second 76mm gun fitted aft.

Modernizations

mid-1970s, both: - 1 x 1 - 76/50; + raised helicopter pad (no hangar)

1996, both: - 2 x 2 - 20/70, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, helicopter pad, SPS-5C, DAS3 radars, SQS-17B sonar; + 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90; 2x SPS-64 radars

2000s, both: - SPS-64 radar; + DAS 3 radar

Naval service

No significant events.