BRP Bienvenido Salting

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Flag of the Republic of Korea Navy.svgSouth Korea
NamePKM-229 [1]
BuilderKorea Tacoma Shipyard, Chinhae, South Korea
Launched1970s
Commissioned1979
FateTransferred to Philippine Navy in 1995
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Flag of the Philippines.svgPhilippines
NameBRP Bienvenido Salting (PG-112)
Operator Philippine Navy
Acquired15 June 1995 [2] [3] [1] [4]
Commissioned22 May 1996 [5]
Decommissioned31 October 2018
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type Tomas Batillo class (Chamsuri Wildcat PKM class)
TypeFast Attack Craft
Displacement148 tons full load [3] [2]
Length121.4 ft (37 m)
Beam22.6 ft (7 m)
Draft5.6 ft (1.7 m)
Propulsion2 × MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesel engines @ 6,000 horsepower. [3]
Speed33 knots (61 km/h) max
Range600 nautical miles (1,100 km) at 20 knots
Complement31
Sensors and
processing systems		Navigation and Surface Search Radar
Armament
  • 1 × twin 30-mm 75-caliber Emerlec EX-30 guns
  • 1 × Bofors 40 mm Mk.3 naval gun
  • 2 × Oerlikon 20mm guns
  • 4 × 50-caliber Machine Guns

BRP Bienvenido Salting (PG-112) was a Tomas Batillo class fast attack craft of the Philippine Navy. Under the RPROK Defense Agreement, it was part of the first five PKM ships transferred by the South Korean government on 15 June 1995. [2] [1] It arrived in the Philippines in August 1995 and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy on 22 May 1996. [5] [1]

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Service history

The ship was first commissioned and deployed by the Republic of Korea as Patrol Killer Medium 225 (PKM-225) in 1979. Since its Philippine Navy commissioning, it was actively deployed to conduct coastal patrol interdiction. BRP Bienvenido Salting was one of the assets of the Naval Task Force “Stingray” in the conduct of Internal Security Operations and was deployed in Naval Forces Central Area of Responsibility to secure local communities and critical infrastructure in coastal areas and tourist spots. [6]

As of 2012, the ship's fit-out is different from her sisterships which undertook refurbishing and updating works and still sports the original weapons fit-out.

Around mid-2016, the Philippine Navy started calling the ship in its new code designation "PC-112", following a new classification standard implemented in April 2016.

She was formally retired from service in a Decommissioning Ceremony at the Commodore Posadas Wharf East, Fort San Felipe, Cavite City on October 31, 2018, after serving 22 years in service. [7]

Technical Details

The ship is powered by 2 MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesel engines with total output of 6,000 horsepower. [3]

The Bienvenido Salting is the only ship of the Tomas Batillo class still using the twin Emerlec 30mm guns and does not have the provisions for RHIB.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 GlobalSecurity.org PG Tomas Batillo Class.
  2. 1 2 3 Wertheim, Eric: The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 15th Edition, page 552-553. Naval Institute Press, 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 107th Edition 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2004.
  4. ↑ Naval Technology Chamsuri Class/Patrol Killer Medium Craft
  5. 1 2 AFP Materiel Technical Specification Archives - PN Light Surface Warships Batillo (Sea Dolphin/PKM 200 'Chamsuri') class Small Patrol Craft (7)
  6. ↑ "News".
  7. ↑ "Navy Decommissions BRP Bienvenido Salting after 22 Years"
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