BRP Gener Tinangag (PG-903)

BRP Gener Tinangag (PG-903) is third ship of the class of the Acero-class patrol gunboat of the Philippine Navy. She is scheduled to be commissioned with the Philippine Navy within the 2nd quarter of 2023 and is currently undergoing delivery process prior to commissioning.

History
Philippines
NameBRP Gener Tinangag
NamesakeCorporal Gener Tinangag, PN (Marines), Philippine Medal of Valor Awardee
BuilderIsrael Shipyards Ltd.
Acquired8 May 2023
General characteristics
Class and typeAcero-class patrol gunboat
Displacement95 tons full load[1]
Length32.65 m (107.1 ft)[2]
Beam6.2 m (20 ft) max[2]
Draft1.25 ft (0.38 m)[1]
Propulsion
  • 2 × MTU 16V 4000 M70 Diesel Engines
  • 2 x MJP-J650 waterjets
Speedgreater than 40 knots (74 km/h) maximum
Range1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement12[2]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Furuno Navnet 3D X-band navigation/surface search radar[2]
  • Rafael Toplite electro-optical tracking system (EOTS)[3]
Armament
  • 1 x Rafael Typhoon MLS-NLOS missile launcher for 8 x Spike-NLOS surface-to-surface missiles
  • 1 × Mk.44 Bushmaster II autocannon mounted on Rafael Typhoon Mk 30-C remote-controlled weapon station
  • 2 × M2HB Browning 12.7 mm/50-cal. heavy machine guns mounted on Rafael Mini Typhoon remote-controlled weapon stations
  • 2 × M60 7.62 mm/30-cal. GP machine guns
Aircraft carriednone
Aviation facilitiesnone

Namesake

Corporal Gener Tinangag, PN (Marines) was a Philippine Marine Corps enlisted personnel and a posthumous recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor.[4]

Then Private First Class Tinangag was an assistant automatic rifleman with the Special Operations Platoon (SOP), Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT)-5. His unit was among the initial responders to the Marawi crisis, and on June 9, 2017, MBLT-5 reinforced other Marine units in the vicinity of Mapandi Bridge in Lilod Madaya, Marawi City.

PFC Tinangag and three other comrades were tasked with extricating dead and wounded Marines. When his companions went on a break, he decided to strike out on his own. His efforts paid off when he managed to rescue four wounded Marines and was in the process of retrieving the body of a slain lieutenant when he was hit by sniper fire and wounded by grenade fragments. Despite his wounds, he managed to make it back to safety with the lieutenant's body but later succumbed to his injuries.

His remains and those of twelve of his slain comrades were flown back to Manila on June 11, 2017.[5]

History

In 2019, the Philippine Navy raised a requirement to procure a new class of coastal patrol interdiction craft (CPIC) that would be missile-capable and are based on Israel's Shaldag V patrol boat design, and would replace the Tomas Batilo-class fast attack crafts that have been retired in service.[6][3]

A contract was signed between the (DND), Israel Shipyards Ltd. and Israeli Ministry of Defense on 9 February 2021, with the Notice to Proceed to start the effectivity of the contract released on 27 April 2021.[7][3]

The third boat of the class, the Gener Tinangag (903), arrived in the Philippines together with its sistership Domingo Deluana (905) on 11 April 2023, and was christened as the BRP Gener Tinangag (PG-903) on 8 May 2023.[3][8]

The hull number's use of "PG" indicates that the boats are classified as Patrol Gunboats based on Philippine Navy's 2016 naming classification standards.

Design

Armament

The ship class was designed to carry one bow-mounted Mk.44 Bushmaster II autocannon mounted on Rafael Typhoon Mk 30-C remote-controlled weapon station, and two M2HB Browning 12.7 mm/50-cal. heavy machine guns mounted on Rafael Mini Typhoon remote-controlled weapon stations.

It is also one of the few ships of the class that has a Rafael Typhoon MLS-NLOS missile launcher for Spike-NLOS surface-to-surface missiles, which is its primary weapon system that provides a combat reach of up to 25 kilometers (16 miles).

References
  1. Legien, Wolfgang (2011). "Shaldag Fast Patrol Craft" (PDF). Naval Forces IV. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  2. "VESSEL REVIEW NESTOR ACERO – PHILIPPINE NAVY WELCOMES MISSILE-CAPABLE ATTACK BOATS INTO SERVICE". Baird Maritime. 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  3. "Fast Attack Interdiction Craft - Missile (FAIC-M) Acquisition Project of the Philippine Navy". Philippine Defense Resource. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  4. Sadongdong, Martin (10 July 2021). "Marine killed in 2017 Marawi siege gets Valor award". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. Tubeza, Philip (11 June 2017). "Duterte condoles with families of fallen Marines at Villamor Air Base". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. https://www.imdexasia.com/newsbyte/philippine-navy-commissions-two-shaldag-mk-v-attack-craft
  7. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/06/israel-shipyards-launches-first-two-fast-patrol-craft-for-philippine-navy/
  8. "Philippine Navy christens two new gunboats, inaugurates shipyard". GMA News. 8 May 2023. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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