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Name | BRP Davao del Sur |
Namesake | Province of Davao del Sur |
Ordered | 29 August 2013 |
Builder | PT PAL Indonesia |
Laid down | 5 June 2015 |
Launched | 29 September 2016 |
Commissioned | 31 May 2017 |
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Status | In active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tarlac-class landing platform dock |
Displacement |
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Length | 123 m (403.5 ft) |
Beam | 21.8 m (71.5 ft) |
Draft | 5 m (16.4 ft) |
Installed power | 1 x MAN D2842 LE301 diesel generator |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 9360 nmi (17334.7 km) |
Endurance | 30 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | 500 troops plus associated vehicles and equipment |
Complement | 121 crew |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Electronic Warfare Suite (planned) |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × AW109E Power naval helicopter |
Aviation facilities |
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BRP Davao del Sur (LD-602) is the second ship of the Tarlac-class landing platform dock of the Philippine Navy. [1] She is the second ship to be named after the Philippine province of Davao del Sur, one of the main provinces in Mindanao in Southern Philippines. She was launched on 29 September 2016 [2] and was commissioned into service on 31 May 2017. [3]
During the second week of May 2018, the BRP Davao del Sur participated in the Balikatan Exercise with US Forces together with the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16). [4]
On the third week of May 2018, the BRP Davao del Sur participated in the commemorative activities of the first anniversary of the renaming of the Philippine Rise off the coast of Eastern Luzon. Among the activities that were done on board the ship were:
BRP Davao Del Sur was deployed with BRP Andrés Bonifacio (PS-17) to RIMPAC 2018, starting their voyage on June 11, 2018 and rendezvousing with ships from several regional navies and arriving at Pearl Harbor on June 27, 2018.
Among the events the ship participated at RIMPAC were:
In June 2019, the ship transported the Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT)-3 from Zamboanga City to its new assignment in Palawan. [9] Along the way, the BRP Davao del Sur conducted a Meeting Procedure and Photo Exercise with the Escort Flotilla One of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force off the coast of Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi in the Sulu Sea. The Japanese ships consisted of the JS Izumo (DDH-183), JS Murasame and JS Akebono. [10]
The BRP Davao del Sur was the 1st Philippine Navy vessel to participate in Russia's Navy Day festivities that occurred 28 July 2019. [11] [12]
In August 2019, the ship and its 300-man Contingent sailed from Vladivostok, Russia to meet up at sea with the BRP Conrado Yap (PS-30) in South Korea for a Group Sail back to the Philippines. Both ships were then given Arrival Honors at the Manila South Harbor which included a Meeting Procedure at sea with the BRP Emilio Jacinto (PS-35). [13]
In April 2024, the ship participated in the Multilateral Maritime Exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 39-2024. The maritime exercise involved ship contingents from the Philippine Navy, the United States Navy and the French Navy. She participated alongside BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16), USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49), USS Somerset (LPD-25), and FS Vendémiaire (F734). [14] [15] [16]
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