BRP Datu Marikudo

BRP Datu Marikudo (PS-23) was a Malvar-class corvette of the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS PCE(R)-853, a PCE(R)-848-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed USS Amherst on 15 February 1956, namesake of both Amherst, Massachusetts and Amherst, Ohio. 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 Datu Marikudo. 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.

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RVNS Vạn Kiếp II (HQ-14); USS Amherst (PCE(R)-853)
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1970-02-06T00:00:00Z

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ship decommissioning

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ship decommissioning

1944-03-18T00:00:00Z

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ship launching

1943-11-16T00:00:00Z

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keel laying

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Frameless

USS PCER-853

USS Amherst

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS PCER-853		Commons
commons	image		USS Amherst		Commons