BRP Conrado Yap, the Philippines’ most heavily armed warship to date, arrives st the port of Manila. It is expected to provide the necessary transition for the Navy into anti-submarine warfare @abscbnnews
to date, the ex-Pohang-class corvette BRP Conrado Yap (PS39) docked
in the Port of Manila Tuesday after being acquired from South Korea.
A Navy helicopter drops flower petals over the BRP Conrado Yap to welcome it into the Philippines @ABSCBNNews
ship to date because of its sonars and torpedo launchers are capable of
anti-submarine warfare.
Various sonars and radars also make the BRP Conrado Yap better equipped to scan the surface of the sea and beneath it @ABSCBNNews
and stern, or front and back of the ship, have a 76mm Oto Melara and
40mm twin-barrel Breda secondary guns each. These guns are suited for
anti-ship and anti-surface warfare.
The BRP Conrado Yap’s main anti-air and anti-surface weapons: a 76mm Oto Melara and a 40mm Breda twin barrel gun at the bow (front) and stern (back) of the ship. [musical score not part of capabilities] @ABSCBNNews
acquired capabilities and those still on the way. It can partner with the new
Agusta 159 helicopters which also have anti-submarine detection capabilities.
The BRP Conrado Yap’s anti-submarine weaponry: a triple-tube Mk 32 grenade launcher at starboard (right side) and portside (left side). @ABSCBNNews
are being built by Korean company Hyundai.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana hopes that the BRP Yap will be deployed
in Palawan and Sulu Sea, but the navy is still waiting for more improvements
to be made on the warship before it is deployed.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana troops the line of Philippine Navy sailors and Marines before the arrival of BRP Conrado Yap (PS39), the newly acquired corvette from Korea. The PS39 is a platform capable of anti-surface and anti-air operations @ABSCBNNews
to rescue and defend another besieged Philippine Army unit in the Korean War.
For his bravery, Captain Yap posthumously received a Medal for Valor, the highest
military honor that the military confers.
The ship was decommissioned by the Korean Navy in 2016 and commissioned
by the Philippine Navy in 2019. Lorenzana expressed hope that the Korean Navy
would let the Philippines acquire two more corvettes of its kind.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/08/20/19/look-ph-navys-most-powerful-ship-brp-
conrado-yap-arrives-at-last
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