BRP Simeon Castro
| History | |
|---|---|
| Philippines | |
| Name | Simeon Castro |
| Namesake | Simeon Castro was an officer of the Offshore Patrol. |
| Operator | Philippine Navy |
| Ordered | August 1989 |
| Builder | Trinity-Equitable Shipyards, New Orleans, USA |
| Acquired | 26 April 1991 |
| Commissioned | 24 June 1991 |
| Reclassified | PC-374 as of April 2016 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Jose Andrada-class 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 Simeon Castro (PC-374) is the fourth 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 1989, and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy on 24 June 1991. It was initially designated as Fast Patrol Craft, and was numbered "DF-374", but later on was re-designated as a Patrol Gunboat, and was re-numbered as "PG-374", until another round of reclassification changed its designation as a Patrol Craft with hull number "PC-374" from April 2016.