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if i remember correctly, some entity/ies is looking for a Cannon-class DE to restore to its original specs... maybe the Philippine Navy should consider this (sell) than just scrapping the Rajah Humabon. :thumbs_up_1:

Nice pictures. Thank you for posting.

Jack

[quote="DavidP"]nothing shown there about it in that link.[/quote]

David,

Apologies, but that link was simply reposted from the Philippines defense forum called [url=http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=41030.0]Timawa[/url].

However, the old WW2-era warships to be retired include the ff. ships: (photos courtesy of the Timawa forum and navy.mil)

[quote] BRP [i]Rajah Humabon[/i]/ex-USS [i]Atheron[/i]
[img]http://adroth.ph/AFP/pn/pf11/pf11.jpg[/img]

From: [url=http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=70852]Navy.mil[/url]

090421-N-9950J-062 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 21, 2009) Philippine Navy ship BRP Rajah Humabon (PF 11) steams ahead during an exercise with the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), as part of exercise Balikatan 2009 (BK09). Essex and Tortuga are participating in Balikatan 2009, an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving U.S. and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel, as well as subject matter experts from Philippine civil defense agencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson/Released)[/quote]

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Two ex-Auk class ships at Balikataan. BRP [i]Rizal [/i](PS-74) and BRP [i]Quezon[/i] (PS-70)

[img]http://adroth.ph/AFP/pn/ps70/BRP_Rizal_and_Quezon.jpg[/img][/quote]

It's about time they decommission that 70+ years old ex-USN [i]Cannon [/i]class destroyer escort they use as a frigate...

[url=http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid&nid=1&rid=859955]Philippines News Agency[/url]

[quote][b][size=200]PN to Decommission WWII Assets with the arrival of more Modern Ships[/size][/b]

With the pending arrival of its new assets, the Philippine Navy (PN) is now looking at the possibility of decommissioning its World War II-era ships which are still being used.

This was disclosed by PN public affairs office chief Capt. Lued Lincuna in an interview with the PNA.

Decommissioning of these World War II-era vessels will start [color=red][b]once newly-build ships like the two strategic sealift vessels, two missile-armed frigates, and three missile-equipped multi-purpose assault craft start arriving along with the decommissioned Hamilton-class cutter, the USCGC Boutswell, R/V Melville, earlier pledged by US President Barack Obama to the Philippines and Pohang-class corvette donated by South Korea, starts arriving.[/b][/color]

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