BRP Rizal
BRP Rizal taken in 2016 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Murrelet |
| Builder | Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, GA |
| Laid down | 24 August 1944 |
| Launched | 29 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | 24 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 14 March 1957 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1964 |
| Fate | Transferred to Philippine Navy in 1965. |
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| Philippines | |
| Name | Rizal |
| Namesake | Province of Rizal in Luzon Island |
| Operator | Philippine Navy |
| Commissioned | 18 June 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 29 January 2020 |
| Renamed |
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| Status | Retired |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Error: {{sclass}} invalid format code: o. Should be 0–5, or blank (help) patrol corvette |
| Displacement | 890 tons standard, 1,250 tons full load |
| Length | 221.67 ft (67.57 m) |
| Beam | 32.67 ft (9.96 m) |
| Draft | 10.75 ft (3.28 m) |
| Installed power | 5,800 shp (4,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × EMD 16V-645C Diesel Engines |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) maximum |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 80 |
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BRP Rizal (PS-74) was the lead ship and first of two Rizal-class ships in service with the Philippine Navy. She was an ex-United States Navy Auk-class minesweeper that was produced during World War II, and was classified as a patrol corvette protecting the vast waters of the Philippines. Along with other ex-World War II veteran ships of the Philippine Navy, she was considered one of the oldest active fighting ships in the world, until 2020.