One of the two patrol frigates of the Philippine Navy (PN)
arrived Tuesday in this city as part of its port visits to the different parts
of the country.
Navy Capt. Vincent Sibala, commanding officer of
BRP-Gregorio del Pilar or Patrol Frigate (PF)-15, said the port visits form
part of the ship’s routine patrol.
He said the PF-15 will stay here for a week and “will go
further south” to Davao
City
Sibala disclosed that PF-15 is expected to be upgraded
especially its censors equipment.
PF-15 is one of the two PN’s frigates with the West
Philippine Sea (WPS) as its mainstay.
It is manned by 100 personnel including three female
officers and a nurse.
Sibala said PN is expecting to acquire one more similar type
of vessel to further boost PN’s capability.
Previously, PF-15 is a high-endurance Hamilton-class cutter
named the USCGC Hamilton and has served with the U.S. Coast Guard.
The U.S.
decommissioned the cutter on March 28, 2011 and the Philippines
The PN formally commissioned PF-15 on December 14, 2011.
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