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Another ex-US Coast Guard cutter, research vessel to beef up Navy fleet
THE military is looking forward to the delivery of another Coast Guard cutter and a research vessel from the US as pledged on Tuesday by President Barack Obama, saying the ships would further beef up its maritime patrol operations.
However, the Navy said the donation of the two ships would have to go through processes similar to the turnovers of the BRP Gregorio del Pilar and BRP Ramon Alcaraz, two former cutters that were acquired from the US under the provisions of Excess Defense Articles program.
“We look forward to the realization of the express intent of President Barack Obama to transfer two additional ships to the Philippine Navy [PN]. We are aware that the grant will entail a process before the vessels are actually transferred to the Navy,” said the Navy spokesman, Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo.
“The would-be additional weather high-endurance cutter will certainly bolster the PN’s capability for sustained maritime patrol, and as an additional platform for counterterrorism operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster response. The research vessel, on the other hand, will enhance our capability to conduct hydrographic surveys and search for sunken ships or aircraft,” Arevalo added.
On Tuesday Obama, who is in the country attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, pledged to turn over two ships to the Armed Forces to secure the country maritime resources and increase patrols, particularly at the West Philippine Sea.
“I can announce that we intend to transfer two additional ships to the Philippine Navy, a research vessel to help man its territorial waters, and another Coast Guard cutter to bolster the Navy’s ability to conduct long-endurance patrols,” Obama said.
Obama added that the delivery of the vessels forms part of the US larger plan to increase maritime security assistance to its allies, seeing that “more capable navies and partnership with the United States are critical for the security of this region.”
Obama did not identify the ships that will be transferred to the Philippines.
However, the US said these vessels are the USCGC Boutwell and the research ship RV Melville.
It said that Boutwell should provide the Philippines the ability to maintain greater maritime presence and patrols throughout its exclusive economic zone, while the research vessel would support naval research and law-enforcement capabilities.
The two ships would be given under an increased US maritime assistance to countries in Southeast Asia, of which the Philippines is the largest recipient.
The maritime assistance to the Philippines is largely focused on building the training and logistical base of the Navy, Coast Guard and Air Forces to conduct operations within waters “off the Philippines’s coasts.”
The assistance is in the form of vessel donations, naval fleet upgrades, communications equipment and aircraft procurement.
Both ships were built in 1967.
Another ex-US Coast Guard cutter, research vessel to beef up Navy fleet | BusinessMirror
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THE military is looking forward to the delivery of another Coast Guard cutter and a research vessel from the US as pledged on Tuesday by President Barack Obama, saying the ships would further beef up its maritime patrol operations.
However, the Navy said the donation of the two ships would have to go through processes similar to the turnovers of the BRP Gregorio del Pilar and BRP Ramon Alcaraz, two former cutters that were acquired from the US under the provisions of Excess Defense Articles program.
“We look forward to the realization of the express intent of President Barack Obama to transfer two additional ships to the Philippine Navy [PN]. We are aware that the grant will entail a process before the vessels are actually transferred to the Navy,” said the Navy spokesman, Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo.
“The would-be additional weather high-endurance cutter will certainly bolster the PN’s capability for sustained maritime patrol, and as an additional platform for counterterrorism operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster response. The research vessel, on the other hand, will enhance our capability to conduct hydrographic surveys and search for sunken ships or aircraft,” Arevalo added.
On Tuesday Obama, who is in the country attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, pledged to turn over two ships to the Armed Forces to secure the country maritime resources and increase patrols, particularly at the West Philippine Sea.
“I can announce that we intend to transfer two additional ships to the Philippine Navy, a research vessel to help man its territorial waters, and another Coast Guard cutter to bolster the Navy’s ability to conduct long-endurance patrols,” Obama said.
Obama added that the delivery of the vessels forms part of the US larger plan to increase maritime security assistance to its allies, seeing that “more capable navies and partnership with the United States are critical for the security of this region.”
Obama did not identify the ships that will be transferred to the Philippines.
However, the US said these vessels are the USCGC Boutwell and the research ship RV Melville.
It said that Boutwell should provide the Philippines the ability to maintain greater maritime presence and patrols throughout its exclusive economic zone, while the research vessel would support naval research and law-enforcement capabilities.
The two ships would be given under an increased US maritime assistance to countries in Southeast Asia, of which the Philippines is the largest recipient.
The maritime assistance to the Philippines is largely focused on building the training and logistical base of the Navy, Coast Guard and Air Forces to conduct operations within waters “off the Philippines’s coasts.”
The assistance is in the form of vessel donations, naval fleet upgrades, communications equipment and aircraft procurement.
Both ships were built in 1967.
Another ex-US Coast Guard cutter, research vessel to beef up Navy fleet | BusinessMirror
@Zero_wing @JaiMin @Cossack25A1 @Nihonjin1051
