BRP Cebu, Navy’s oldest fighting ship, bows out

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2019 09:08:10 +0000

BRP Cebu (PS28), the oldest fighting ship of the Philippine Navy (PN), has retired from the naval service.

Rear Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, commander of the Philippine Fleet, presided over the decommissioning ceremony at the Captain Salvo Pier, Naval Base in Sangley Point, Cavite, recently.

The Navy said that BRP Cebu rendered 71 years of credible service to the PN and the maritime nation.

According to the Navy, the patrol ship BRP Cebu was originally built as USS PCE-881, which was a warship for the United States Navy during the World War II.

It was transferred to the Navy in July 1948 and renamed as RPS Cebu (E-28) after a Philippine province of
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