BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19)

BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19)
History
United States
NamePCE(R)-852
BuilderPullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, IL
Laid down28 October 1943
Launched1 March 1944
Commissioned26 May 1944
RenamedUSS Brattleboro (PCE(R)-852), 15 February 1956
Decommissioned1 November 1965
Fatetransferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy, 11 July 1966
South Vietnam
NameNgọc Hồi (HQ-12)
Acquired11 July 1966
FateEscaped to the Philippines after fall of South Vietnam, 1975
Philippines
NameRPS Miguel Malvar (PS-19)
NamesakeMiguel Malvar y Carpio
Acquired5 April 1976
Commissioned7 February 1977
Decommissioned10 December 2021
RenamedBRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19), June 1980
FateSunk 5 May 2025
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class & typePCE(R)-848-class patrol craft (in U.S. Navy service)
Class & typeMiguel Malvar-class corvette (in Philippine Navy service)
Displacement914 long tons (929 t) Full load
Length184.5 ft (56.2 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9.75 ft (2.97 m)
Installed power2,200 hp (1,600 kW)
Propulsion
  • Main: 2 × GM 12-278A diesel engines
  • Auxiliary: 2 × GM 6-71 diesel engines with 100KW gen and 1 × GM 3-268A diesel engine with 60KW gen
Speedmax 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range6,600 nmi (12,200 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement85
Sensors &
processing systems
Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 surface search & navigation radar
Armament
  • 1 × US Mk.22 76mm/50L (3-inch 50-calibresLong) dual-purpose cannon
  • 2 × Bofors 40mm single-barrel AA rapid-fire cannons
  • 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA rapid-fire cannons (or 4 of it)
  • 4 × M2 Browning 50cal (12.7 mm) heavy machine guns
  • 30cal medium machine guns
  • Removed Armaments [either during the 1990-1992 overhaul & refit or during 1980's, if not before her transfer to RVNN in 1966]:
  • ASW
  • 1 × Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar projector
  • 4 × K-gun depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge racks
  • SuW-AAW
  • 3 × twin-barrel Mk.1 Bofors 40mm AA cannons

BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19) was the lead ship of the Malvar class of corvettes of the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS Brattleboro PCE(R)-852, a PCE(R)-848-class rescue patrol craft escort for the United States Navy during World War II. In 1966 she was transferred to South Vietnam for service in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Ngọc Hồi (HQ-12). She was acquired by the Philippine Navy in April 1976 and later on commissioned as Miguel Malvar after Miguel Malvar y Carpio.