RPS DATU KALANTIAW (PS 76)
photo from US Navy All-Hands magazine 1968. shared by Brayski.As Completed Specs :
Displacement : 1,620 tons
Dimensions (L x W x D) : 93.3 x 11.2 x 4.3 meters
Armaments (in PN service) : Guns : 3 x single 3"/50 Mk 26 DP, 3 x twin 40mm L60 AA, 2 x single 20mm Oerlikon, 2 x triple 12.75 TorpedoTubes, 1 single DC rack, 1 Hedgehog launcher
Powerplant : Two Diesel-electric drive : 6000 bhp to 2 shafts
Max Speed : 21 knots
Complement : 11 officer, 154 men
Completed and commissioned with the US Navy on 18-Sep-1943 as USS Booth (DE 170), a 'Cannon' Class Destroyer Escort. Served in European theater until June 1945; then transferred to Pacific by July 1945. Decommissioned in 14-Jun-1946 and was placed in the list for possible foreign govt transfer a year later.
A cropped news-clip of an old US newspaper in 1966 where (Datu Kalantiaw's) proposed transfer was mentioned.
USS Booth (DE 170) was loaned and transferred under Military Assistance Program to the Philippines in Dec 15, 1967. She arrived in the Philippines the next year.
New tripod mast and radars were part of her refurbishment. She was eventually stricken from US-NVR in 1978, when she was finally sold to Phil under FMS.
archived newclip from Gorio B. flickr photostream
