BRP Heracleo Alano
BRP Heracleo Alano (PC-376) and BRP Liberato Picar (PC-377) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Philippines | |
| Name | Heracleo Alano |
| Namesake | Lt. Heracleo Alano |
| Ordered | August 1990 |
| Builder | Trinity-Equitable Shipyards, New Orleans |
| Acquired | 11 September 1991 |
| Commissioned | January 1992 |
| Reclassified | April 2016: from PG-376 to PC-376 |
| Identification | PC-376 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Jose Andrada-class patrol craft |
| Type | Coastal Patrol Craft |
| Displacement | 56.4 tons full load |
| Length | 78 ft (24 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draft | 5.8 ft (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) maximum |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4-meter rigid inflatable boat at aft |
| Complement | 12 |
| Sensors & processing systems | Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 Navigation / Surface Search Radar |
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BRP Heracleo Alano (PC-376) is the sixth ship of the Jose Andrada-class coastal patrol boats of the Philippine Navy. It is part of the first batch of its class ordered through U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in 1990, and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy in January 1992. It was initially designated as Fast Patrol Craft, and was numbered "DF-376", but later on was re-designated as a Patrol Gunboat, and was finally re-numbered as "PG-376". Another round of reclassification was made in April 2016, which redesignated the patrol gunboat as the coastal patrol craft BRP Heracleo Alano (PC-376)