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The BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) is an Alvarez-class patrol ship of the Philippine Navy. She is the Philippine Navy's third ship of the class and was previously a Cyclone-class patrol ship named USS Chinook (PC-9) during her service with the US Navy.

History

United States Navy

Launched as the ninth of fourteen ships of the Cyclone-class patrol ship, the primary mission of USS Chinook (PC-9) was to serve as a platform for conducting maritime special operations, including interdiction, escort, noncombatant evacuation, reconnaissance, operational deception, intelligence collection, and tactical swimmer operations. Her small size, stealthy construction and high speed were tailored to performing long-range Special Operations Forces (SOF) insertion and extraction as well as other SOF support duties as needed.

USS Chinook (PC-9)

On 10 January 2023, Chinook, along with sister patrol ship USS Monsoon (PC-4) and guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), stopped and boarded a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was smuggling over 2000 AK-47 assault rifles.[5]

Chinook together with sistership Monsoon were decommissioned from the US Navy on 28 March 2023,[6] and were transferred to the Philippine Navy on the same day.[1][7]

Philippine Navy

The BRP Valentin Diaz (PS-177) and BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) during their commissioning with the Philippine Navy.

She was rechristened as BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) on 11 September 2023, in honor of a Filipino revolutionary in its war of independence from Spanish colonial rule.[8][9] She is currently assigned to the Littoral Combat Force of the Philippine Fleet.[3]

The ship is the first ever Philippine Navy ship to use the name.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c NAVCENT Public Affairs (28 March 2023). "U.S. Navy Decommissions Last Patrol Craft Stationed in Bahrain". DVIDS. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Saunders, Stephen: Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. IHS Jane's, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Sadongdong, Martin (5 September 2023). "PH Navy to commission 2 patrol vessels from US". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ^ MaxDefense Philippines - Commissioning of BRP Valentin Diaz and BRP Ladislao Diwa
  5. ^ Epstein, Jake (10 January 2023). "US Navy Ships Caught a Fishing Boat Smuggling Over 2,000 AK-47 Rifles from Iran". Military.com. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. ^ NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Coastal Photo Archive. "USS Monsoon (PC-4), ex-USCGC Monsoon (WPC 4)". NavSource.org. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  7. ^ "2 ex-US Cyclone patrol boats to join BRP Mariano Alvarez in Navy fleet". Philstar Global. 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  8. ^ Punongbayan, Michael (6 September 2023). "US patrol ships to join Philippine Navy fleet". Philstar Global. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  9. ^ Rita, Joviland (11 September 2023). "Philippine Navy commissions 2 patrol vessels". GMA News. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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