BRP Carlos Albert

History
Philippines
NameCarlos Albert
NamesakeCapt. Carlos Albert was an officer of the Offshore Patrol. Graduated from the USNA class of 1939
OperatorPhilippine Navy
OrderedApril 1990
BuilderTrinity-Equitable Shipyards, New Orleans, USA
Acquired26 April 1991
CommissionedJanuary 1992
ReclassifiedPC-375 as of April 2016
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class & typeJose Andrada-class coastal patrol craft
Displacement56.4 tons full load
Length78 ft (24 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft5.8 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 1,400 bhp Detroit 16V-92TA diesel engines
  • 2 × 35 kW diesel generators
  • 2 shafts
Speed28 knots (52 km/h) maximum
Range1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
4-meter rigid inflatable boat at aft
Complement12
Sensors &
processing systems
Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 navigation / surface search radar
Armament
  • 4 × Mk.26 M2HB Browning 12.7 mm/50 cal. GP machine guns
  • 2 × M60 7.62 mm/30 cal. GP machine guns

BRP Carlos Albert (PC-375) is the fifth ship of the Jose Andrada-class coastal patrol boats of the Philippine Navy. It is part of the first batch of its class ordered through US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in 1990, and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy in January 1992. It was initially designated as Fast Patrol Craft, and was numbered "DF-375", but later on was re-designated as a Patrol Gunboat, and was re-numbered as "PG-375", until another round of reclassification changed its designation as a Patrol Craft with hull number "PC-375" from April 2016.