31 Maret 2017

PN to Decommission all WW II Ships in Service by 2020

31 Maret 2017


BRP Rajah Humabon frigate PF-11 (photo : reddit)

MANILA (PNA) --- By 2020, all World War II vintage ships of the Philippine Navy (PN) will be retired and replaced by newly-built vessels.

PN spokesperson Capt. Lued Lincuna in an interview with the Philippine News Agency Tuesday said retirement of these "legacy ships" is required as their officers and crewmembers are needed to man the newly-acquired warships which are expected to be delivered.


BRP Laguna LT-501 (photo : mbb8356)

Expected to be delivered and commissioned by then are the two missile-armed frigates, the contract of which was won by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries, and three missile-armed multi-purpose assault craft.

More crewmen are also needed to man the two strategic sealift vessels whose delivery are expected to be completed this May.

Lincuna said decommissioning of the PN's World War II era-vessels are needed as operating and maintaining them is getting more costly and expensive.


BRP Miguel Malvar PS-19 corvette (photo : mbb8356)

Aside from this, they are no longer capable of competing with new vessels of similar class.

World War II ships in PN service include the BRP Rajah Humabon, BRP Rizal, BRP Malvar, BRP Quezon and the BRP Laguna among others. 

(PNA)

17 komentar:

  1. Philippine can donate for Indon navy! for free!!

    BalasHapus
    Balasan
    1. org tak kondem ko,ko kondem org..btul la ko ni punca.

      Hapus
    2. why do you have to start it. my god, sometimes i can't even blame the indonesian for saying shit about my country when my fellow countrymen act like you.

      Hapus
    3. Luqman@ ur friend saiful dari malay yg mulakan dulu,sorry for that bro....Saiful is stupid troller without military knowledge

      Hapus
    4. @songlap jaya, well like i said, its your right to defend your country image.

      Hapus
    5. If Indon dont want its, Malaysia can have it for target practice for SSM and Torpedoes!

      Hapus
    6. @saiful you can keep this phino scrap ship and put in deep inside your mother ass. We can build our own warship. FYI 2 newest phino LPD are MADE IN INDONESIA

      Hapus
    7. @Joni don't forget the next malay LPD as well.

      Hapus
    8. Yang Akan kami songlap dari Indon!

      Hapus
    9. bole pake duit yach bang ipul dom dom.
      kalo awak cume pake karet,pale loe guwe godem haha!

      Hapus
  2. Dah jgn begaduh,, jum kita minum kopi dan makan cake,,!!

    BalasHapus
  3. About time to retired this museum ship. Phil navy should buy more modern warship to atleast make "you know who" reconsider militarized artificial island at Philippine's territory. Better buy more frigates from Korea and ask for ToT to build locally.

    BalasHapus
    Balasan
    1. museum ship cost more money, just put it in constested shoal or island

      Hapus
  4. udah malas begaduh ... ,no comment la.

    BalasHapus
  5. Jika PN ingin yg fresh bisa pesan ke korea..
    Jika anggaran terbatas bisa ambil dr jepang atau amerika..
    Atau di mix

    🚢🚢🚢

    BalasHapus