BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19)
BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | PCE(R)-852 |
| Builder | Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, IL |
| Laid down | 28 October 1943 |
| Launched | 1 March 1944 |
| Commissioned | 26 May 1944 |
| Renamed | USS Brattleboro (PCE(R)-852), 15 February 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 1965 |
| Fate | transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy, 11 July 1966 |
| South Vietnam | |
| Name | Ngọc Hồi (HQ-12) |
| Acquired | 11 July 1966 |
| Fate | Escaped to the Philippines after fall of South Vietnam, 1975 |
| Philippines | |
| Name | RPS Miguel Malvar (PS-19) |
| Namesake | Miguel Malvar y Carpio |
| Acquired | 5 April 1976 |
| Commissioned | 7 February 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 10 December 2021 |
| Renamed | BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19), June 1980 |
| Fate | Sunk 5 May 2025 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | PCE(R)-848-class patrol craft (in U.S. Navy service) |
| Class & type | Miguel Malvar-class corvette (in Philippine Navy service) |
| Displacement | 914 long tons (929 t) Full load |
| Length | 184.5 ft (56.2 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9.75 ft (2.97 m) |
| Installed power | 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | max 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 6,600 nmi (12,200 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Sensors & processing systems | Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 surface search & navigation radar |
| Armament |
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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.