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Tweet Photographs of PF-15 sailing past Alcatraz island, seemingly heading out to the Golden Gate, surfaced on the Timawa forum on June 27, 2011. This spurred speculation that the ship was already on the way to the Philippines. That apparently wasn’t the case. The following photograph taken on the 2nd of July show the Philippine Navy [...] Tweet Timawa.net/forum discussion: http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=25937.msg270556#msg270556 The photographs below chronicle the transformation of the USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) into the BRP Gregorio del Pilar. The sun-and-stars was fully raised on 1418H May 13, 2011. This is the second ship to bear this name. The previous bearer of the name, PF-8, was also a former US Coast Guard ship, the USCGC McCulloch (WHEC-386), a [...] Tweet Timawa.net/forum discussion: http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=27070.msg266772#msg266772 According to the 11th Coast Guard District Public Affairs department, the ex-USCGC Hamilton will be turned over to the Philippine Navy in a ceremony at Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA, at 2:00 p.m. on Friday the 13th of May. The affair is closed to the public is only open to member of the [...] Tweet Timawa.net/forum discussion: http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=25937.msg269454#msg269454 The latest acquisition of the Philippine Navy, the now-decommissioned USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715), was sighted in its post-decommissioned form at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, CA on the 4th of May 2011. This ship was partly hidden behind the USCGC Boutwell, which recently hosted 21 Philippine Navy personnel on its last cruise as part [...] |
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