BRP Datu Marikudo (PS-23) was a Malvar-class corvette of the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS PCE(R)-853, a patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed USS Amherst (PCE(R)-853) on 15 February 1956. In February 1970, Amherst was decommissioned and transferred to South Vietnam for service in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Vạn Kiếp II (HQ-14). She remained in South Vietnamese service until the collapse of that country in 1975. Vạn Kiếp II was one of several ships that fled from South Vietnam to the Philippines. She was then commissioned into the Philippine Navy on 5 April 1976 and named in honor of . Along with other World War II-era ships of the Philippine Navy, Datu Marikudo was considered one of the oldest active fighting ships in th
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| - BRP Datu Marikudo (PS-23) was a Malvar-class corvette of the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS PCE(R)-853, a patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed USS Amherst (PCE(R)-853) on 15 February 1956. In February 1970, Amherst was decommissioned and transferred to South Vietnam for service in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Vạn Kiếp II (HQ-14). She remained in South Vietnamese service until the collapse of that country in 1975. Vạn Kiếp II was one of several ships that fled from South Vietnam to the Philippines. She was then commissioned into the Philippine Navy on 5 April 1976 and named in honor of . Along with other World War II-era ships of the Philippine Navy, Datu Marikudo was considered one of the oldest active fighting ships in th (en)
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| - Datu Marikudo (en)
- RVNS Vạn Kiếp II (HQ-14) (en)
- PCE(R)-853 (en)
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| - *SPS-50 Surface search Radar
*RCA SPN-18 I/J-band Navigation Radar
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| - *1 × 3-inch/50-caliber gun Mk22 dual purpose gun
*3 × single Bofors 40 mm gun
*4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk10 guns
*4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns (en)
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| - Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Illinois (en)
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| - Philippines (en)
- South Vietnam (en)
- United States (en)
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| - transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy, 1970 (en)
- Escaped to the Philippines after fall of South Vietnam, 1975 (en)
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| - Datu Marikudo (en)
- PCE-853 (en)
- RVNS Vạn Kiếp II (en)
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| - *Main: 2 × GM 12-278A diesel engines
*Auxiliary: 2 × GM 6-71 diesel engines with 100KW gen and 1 × GM 3-268A diesel engine with 60KW gen (en)
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| - BRP Datu Marikudo (PS-23) was a Malvar-class corvette of the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS PCE(R)-853, a patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed USS Amherst (PCE(R)-853) on 15 February 1956. In February 1970, Amherst was decommissioned and transferred to South Vietnam for service in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Vạn Kiếp II (HQ-14). She remained in South Vietnamese service until the collapse of that country in 1975. Vạn Kiếp II was one of several ships that fled from South Vietnam to the Philippines. She was then commissioned into the Philippine Navy on 5 April 1976 and named in honor of . Along with other World War II-era ships of the Philippine Navy, Datu Marikudo was considered one of the oldest active fighting ships in the world until her decommissioning. (en)
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| - transferred toRepublic of Vietnam Navy, 1970
- Escaped to thePhilippinesafter fall ofSouth Vietnam, 1975
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