BRP Salvador Abcede (PG-114)

BRP Salvador Abcede (PG-114) is a Tomas Batillo class fast attack craft of the Philippine Navy. It is part of the first batch transferred by the South Korean government in 15 June 1995, and arrived in the Philippines on August 1995. It was commissioned with the Philippine Navy on 22 May 1996.

It was upgraded under the Patrol Killer Medium-Republic of the Philippines (PKM-RP) Program of 2010 by Propmech Corp., the program includes the reinforcement of its hull, replacing the engines, radar, navigation and communication systems, and changing the weapons fit-out to include crane and space for rubber boats.

The ship was part of the Philippine Navy contingent during the US-Philippines CARAT 2012 sea-phase exercises.

Technical Details
The ship was originally powered by 2 MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesel engines with total output of 6,000 horsepower. From 2011, Propmech was contracted to replace the old engines with new Caterpillar 3516C diesel engines with a total output of 6,300 horsepower.