Sep 28

One of two Strategic Sea-lift Vessel for the Philippines is on its way to completion. This type is an upcoming class of Landing Platform Docks based on the Indonesian Navy’s Makassar/Banjarmasin-class being built by Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL.  Both are still unnamed, although the first of the class is temporarily named SSV no.1.

The 1st vessel SSV no.1 is set to launched in November 2015  and will be finished in July 2016. While the second unit SSV no.2 will start a few months after and will be delivered by the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2017.

Both ships would be the first of its kind with semi-stealth technology and to be operated by the Philippine Navy are meant to be used for amphibious operations and transport duties in support of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, but will double as a support platform for Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) and Search & Rescue (SAR) operations.

Watch this video of  Indonesian Navy Makassar class Landing Ship Dock (LPD). Similar to the Philippine Navy’s 2 new Strategic Sealift Vessel SSV being assembled now in Indonesia

Philippine Navy’s Strategic Sealift Vessels can act as the force’s floating command center while carrying out its main purpose as military sealift and transport vessel in events of disasters and calamities.

It will house a Presidential Room and a War Room to accommodate the Republic’s head and other high ranking military officials when need arises.

These sealift vessels will be carrying landing craft utility/mechanized, including the upcoming Amphibious Assault Vehicles, attack helicopters and each vessel can carry up to 500 troops plus a hundred vessel crew.

Check this Strategic Sea-lift Vessel image ongoing assembly taking shape.

 

Class and type: “Strategic Sealift Vessel” class
Type: Landing Platform Dock
Displacement: 11,583 tons full load
Length: 125.00 m (404 ft)
Beam: 21.80 m (72 ft)
Draft: 6.00 m (20 ft)
Propulsion: Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement:

  • 2 × MAN 9L28/32A diesel engines, each producing 3,000 bhp (2,240 kW)
    Total diesel engine output: 6,000 bhp (4,470 kW)
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h) maximum
Range: 9,360 nautical miles (17,300 km)
Endurance: 30 Days
Boats and landing
craft carried:
  • 2 × LCU or LCM at floodable well docks
  • 2 x RHIB or LCVP at boat davits
Capacity: 500 troops and associated vehicles & equipment
Complement: 121
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Navigation Radar
  • Surface & Air search radar
  • Electro-Optical Fire Control System
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
  • Electronic Warfare Suite
Armament:
  • 1 × Main gun (between 40mm to 127mm caliber)
  • 2 × Secondary guns (25mm to 30mm caliber) EO/FCS controlled close-in gun systems
  • Unspecified number of 50-caliber Machine guns
Aircraft carried: 2 × medium (10-ton) naval helicopters

 

The data and images used credited to Indonesia media and the wikipedia.org

By: Robert Beerlak

 

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