BRP Dagupan City information

	BRP Dagupan City (LS-551)
History
Philippines
Name	Dagupan City
Namesake	Dagupan is an independent component city of the province of Pangasinan.
Operator	Philippine Navy
Builder	Halter/Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, MS.
Commissioned	5 April 1994
Renamed	BRP Dagupan City (LC-551) - up to April 2016; BRP Dagupan City (LS-551) - from April 2016;
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Bacolod City class
Type	Logistics Support Vessel
Displacement	4,265 Tons (Full Load)
Length	273 ft (83 m)
Beam	60 ft (18 m) (folded)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	5,800 hp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 × GM EMD 16V-645E6 diesel engines
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (maximum), 10 knots (sustained)
Range	8,300 nmi (15,400 km; 9,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
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	(30) 6 - Officers/ 24 - Enlisted Personnel
Sensors and ; processing systems	Raytheon SPS-64(V)2 I-band Navigation Radar
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Ship armament=*2 × 20 mm Oerlikon Mk10 cannons; 2 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns;
Aviation facilities	Helipad at aft deck

The BRP Dagupan City (LS-551) is the second and last ship of two Bacolod City class logistics support vessel, and is based on a helicopter capable variant of the US Army Frank S. Besson class. She is also considered one of the most modern transport ships in the Philippine Navy, having been commissioned during the early 1990s. She was previously known as BRP Dagupan City (LC-551) prior to a classification change implemented by the Philippine Navy starting April 2016

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History
BRP Dagupan City (LS-551)
Philippines
Name	Dagupan City
Namesake	Dagupan is an independent component city of the province of Pangasinan.
Operator	Philippine Navy
Builder	Halter/Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, MS.
Commissioned	5 April 1994
Renamed	BRP Dagupan City (LC-551) - up to April 2016 BRP Dagupan City (LS-551) - from April 2016
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Bacolod City class
Type	Logistics Support Vessel
Displacement	4,265 Tons (Full Load)
Length	273 ft (83 m)
Beam	60 ft (18 m) (folded)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	5,800 hp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 × GM EMD 16V-645E6 diesel engines
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (maximum), 10 knots (sustained)
Range	8,300 nmi (15,400 km; 9,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
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	(30) 6 - Officers/ 24 - Enlisted Personnel
Sensors and processing systems	Raytheon SPS-64(V)2 I-band Navigation Radar^[1]
Electronic warfare & decoys	Ship armament=*2 × 20 mm Oerlikon Mk10 cannons 2 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns^[2]
Aviation facilities	Helipad at aft deck