MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Navy said it needs to have its own docking area for its biggest vessels.
In recent years, the Navy acquired more vessels for its fleet, including former US Coast Guard cutters Del Pilar-class ships BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15), BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16) and BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17); landing docks BRP Tarlac (LD-601) and BRP Davao del Sur (LD-602) and the former Pohang-class corvette BRP Conrado Yap (PS-39).
In the last few months, brand new warships were acquired—the missile-capable frigates BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) and the future BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151).
None of these ships have ever been to any Navy base because there was no space to hou…
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