USS Wachapreague

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USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) was a motor torpedo boat tender in commission in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946, seeing service in the latter part of World War II. After her Navy decommissioning, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard from 1946 to 1972 as the cutter USCGC McCulloch (WAVP-386), later WHEC-386, the fourth ship of the U.S. Coast Guard or its predecessor, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, to bear the name. In 1972 she was transferred to South Vietnam and served in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Ngô Quyền (HQ-17). Upon the collapse of South Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, and she served in the Philippine Navy from 1977 to 1985 as the frigate RPS Gregorio del Pilar (PF-8) and from 1987 to 1990 as BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-12).

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
1943-02-01T00:00:00Z
1943-02-01T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1946-05-10T00:00:00Z
1946-05-10T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1972-06-21T00:00:00Z
1972-06-21T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1943-07-10T00:00:00Z
1943-07-10T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1944-05-17T00:00:00Z
1944-05-17T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1946-11-25T00:00:00Z
1946-11-25T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1977-02-07T00:00:00Z
1977-02-07T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
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USCGC McCulloch (WAVP-386) in the Atlantic Ocean, circa in the 1950sUSCGC McCulloch (WAVP-386) in the Atlantic Ocean, circa in the 1950s
USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) 2USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) 2
USS Wachapreague refuels a PT boatUSS Wachapreague refuels a PT boat
USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) refuels PT-194 on 20 October 1944 (80-G-345815)USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) refuels PT-194 on 20 October 1944 (80-G-345815)