PN ship detects US submarine

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:26:20 +0000

BRP Conrado Yap

BRP Conrado Yap, a Philippine Navy corvette, detected a United States submarine submerged in the waters of Palawan in November 2019.

This was regarded as the first ever submarine detection in the 121-year history of the country’s naval warfare service.

“The BRP Conrado Yap was able to detect a submarine while it was travelling in Palawan. That was the first time that it happened to our Navy,” PN Flag-Officer-in-Command Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad said.

Empedrad said the crew manning the BRP Conrado Yap was on its way to Zamboanga for a “show the flag” mission, a naval event where a ship displays the flag of its country as an expression of patriotic pr
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