topped10-Christian-Science-Monitor

The Philippine government spent more than P400 million to acquire BRP Gregorio Del Pilar under the US defense excess article program.

• Type: Frigate
• Displacement: 3,250 tons
• Length: 115 m
• Beam: 13 m
• Draft: 2.67 m
• Propulsion: (CODOG) arrangement
  2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines
• Speed: 29 knots (54 km/ h)
• Range: 14,000 mi (22,531 km)
• Endurance: 45 days
• Complement: - 80
• Processing systems:
  • Raytheon/Furuno AN/SPS-73
  • Navigation and surface search radar
  • Sperry Mk. 92 Mod. 1 Fire Control System
• Armament:
  • One OTO Melara  76 mm dual purpose gun
  • Mk. 38 Mod 0 chain gun
  • 2 × Mk. 16 20mm Oerlikon autocannons
  • 6 × M2 Browning 12.7mm/50 calibermachine guns
  • 2 × Loral Hycor Mk.36 6-barrelled Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff (SRBOC) decoy launchers
• Aircraft: 1 × BO-105C to replace with  AWS109 Helicopter

• Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm stabilized remote-controlled gun systems
• ASW Warfare
• Anti-ship Missile

The Philippine government spent more than P600 million to acquire BRP Alcaraz under the US defense excess article program.

• Acquired: May 2012
• Commissioned: November 2013 
• Type: Frigate
• Displacement: 3,250 tons
• Length: 115 m
• Beam: 13 m
• Draft: 4.6 m
• Propulsion: Two diesel engines and two gas turbine engines
• Speed: 29 knots (54 km/ h)
• Range: 14,000 mi (22,531 km)
• Endurance: 45 days
• Complement: - 88
• Processing systems: AN/SPS-40 air-search radar
• Armament: One OTO Melara MK-75 76 mm gun
  2 × Loral Hycor Mk.36 6-barrelled Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff (SRBOC) decoy launchers M2HB .50cal machine guns and M240 7.62mm Machine guns.
  two 25-mm MKE 201 HEI-T machineguns.

• Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm stabilized remote-controlled gun systems
• ASW capability
• harpoon surface-to-surface missiles