DB-411 class Weapon Systems // Ships // Coast Guard/Border Patrol

These boats were completed in 1975/1976. Eighty of these craft were ordered in August 1975. Of the 25 hulls completed by 1985, 12 (hulls 14 through 39) were destroyed by an accidental fire and production was halted. These craft carry out patrols of the 285-nm territorial limit claimed by the Philippine government as well as the 200-nm exclusive economic zone (EEZ). HULL:The design resembles that of a cabin cruiser with a flying bridge. The boats have a fiberglass hull and a raked...