 BRP Dionisio Ojeda (PC-117) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 South Korea | |
| Name | PKM-232 [1] |
| Builder | Korea Tacoma Shipyard, Chinhae, South Korea |
| Launched | 1970s |
| Fate | transferred to Philippine Navy in 2006 |
| History | |
 Philippines | |
| Name | BRP Dionisio Ojeda (PC-117) |
| Operator | Philippine Navy |
| Acquired | 2006 [2] [3] |
| Commissioned | 2007 [2] |
| Decommissioned | June 2016 |
| Reclassified | April 2016, from PG-117 to PC-117 |
| Status | Decommissioned in 2016, sunk as target in 2018 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tomas Batilo class (Chamsuri Wildcat PKM class) |
| Type | Fast Attack Craft |
| Displacement | 148 tons full load [4] [5] |
| Length | 121.4 ft (37 m) |
| Beam | 22.6 ft (7 m) |
| Draft | 5.6 ft (1.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesel engines @ 6,000 hp, 2 shafts [4] [5] |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) max [5] |
| Range | 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) at 20 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × Motorized Rubber Boat |
| Complement | 31 |
| Sensors & processing systems | Furuno type navigation and surface search radar |
| Armament |
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BRP Dionisio Ojeda (PC-117) was a Tomas Batilo-class fast attack craft of the Philippine Navy. It was part of the second batch transferred by the South Korean government in 2006. [2] It was formally commissioned with the Philippine Navy in 2007. [2]
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From 6 September 2009, the ship took part in rescue and search & rescue operations for survivors from the sinking of SuperFerry 9 off the coast of Zamboanga del Norte. [6] [7]
The ship took part in the Exercise SEACAT 2011 between Philippine and US navies as part of Naval Task Force 61 between 14 and 24 of June 2011. [8]
In April 2016, in line with the Philippine Navy Standard Operating Procedures #08, the boat was reclassified as the patrol craft BRP Dionisio Ojeda (PC-117).
Two months later in June 2016, PC-117 was retired from service after 9 years of service and struck off the Philippine Navy ship register.
On the 21st of November 2018 the Ship was sunk as a target by the Philippine Navy's MPAC weapon system along with two target boxes as part of the Navy's weapon demonstration of SPIKE ER. [9] [10]
