Bacolod City-class support vessel
BRP Bacolod City (LC-550), lead ship of the Bacolod City class Logistics Support Vessel, with USS Essex at Balikatan in 2008 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bacolod City class Logistics Support Vessel |
| Builders | Halter/Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, Mississippi |
| Operators | Philippine Navy |
| Planned | 2 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Active | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bacolod City class |
| Type | Logistics Support Vessel |
| Displacement | 4,265 tons (full load) |
| Length | 273 ft (83 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft (18 m) with ramp folded |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Installed power | 5,800 hp (4,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × GM EMD 16V-645E6 diesel engines |
| Speed |
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| Range | 8,300 nautical miles (15,400 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCVPs on davits |
| Capacity | 2,280 tons (900 tons for amphibious operations) of vehicles, containers or cargo, plus 150 troops |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 24 enlisted |
| Sensors & processing systems | Raytheon SPS-64(V)2 I-band Navigation Radar |
| Armament | |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad at aft deck |
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The Bacolod City class is a ship class of two Logistics Support Vessels currently in service of the Philippine Navy, commissioned during the early 1990s and named after the provincial capital of Negros Occidental. These ships were based on a helicopter capable variant of the United States Army's General Frank S. Besson, Jr. class Logistics Support Vessel.