BRP Hilario Ruiz

BRP Hilario Ruiz (PC-378)
History
Philippines
NameHilario Ruiz
OperatorPhilippine Navy
Ordered1990
BuilderTrinity-Equitable Shipyards, New Orleans, USA
Acquired6 November 1991
Commissioned1 June 1995
ReclassifiedApril 2016: from PG-378 to PC-378
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class & typeJose Andrada class
TypeCoastal Patrol Craft
Displacement56.4 tons full load
Length78 ft (24 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft5.8 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 1,400 bhp Detroit 16V-92TA Diesel Engines
  • 2 × 35-kW Diesel generators
  • 2 shafts
Speed28 knots (52 km/h) maximum
Range1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
4-meter rigid inflatable boat at aft
Complement12
Sensors &
processing systems
Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 Navigation / Surface Search Radar
Armament
  • 4 × Mk.26 M2HB Browning 12.7 mm/50-cal. GP machine guns
  • 2 × M60 7.62 mm/30-cal. GP machine guns

The BRP Hilario Ruiz (PC-378) is the eighth 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 US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in 1990, and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy on 1 June 1995. It was initially designated as Fast Patrol Craft, and was numbered "DF-378", but later on was re-designated as Patrol Gunboat "PG-378". Another round of reclassification was made in April 2016, which redesignated the patrol gunboat as the coastal patrol craft BRP Hilario Ruiz (PC-377).