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BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76) was the first of three ex-USN Cannon-class destroyer escorts that served with the Philippine Navy, the others being BRP Datu Sikatuna and BRP Rajah Humabon (PS-78/PF-11). She was also the flagship of the Philippine Navy from 1967 to 1981.
24 maj 2021 · On 21-September-1981 tragedy struck the Philippine Navy with the loss of its Flagship and one of its Cannon Class Destroyer Escort off Calayan Island, Province of Cagayan, 340 miles north of Manila during the height of Typhoon Clara.
7 wrz 2011 · The Philippine Fleet received the RPS Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76) in 1967. Formerly the USS Booth, a Cannon Class escort destroyer (DE), the Datu Kalantiaw was initially classified as a patrol...
The Philippine Navy commissioned her on that day at the Philadelphia Navy Yard as RPS Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76). On 30 June 1975, while she was still operating on loan under a foreign flag, the...
The BRP Datu Sikatuna (PF-5) was one of the three ex-USN Cannon -class destroyer escorts that served with the Philippine Navy, the others being BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76) and BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11).
Kalantiaw was honoured by the Philippine Navy in December 1967 when it acquired the World War II destroyer escort USS Booth from the United States and recommissioned it the RPS Datu Kalantiaw. It was lost during typhoon Clara on September 20, 1981.
14 paź 2017 · BRP Datu Kalantiaw served as the navy’s flagship vessel from 1967 to 1981. In 1971, President Ferdinand Marcos, issued Executive Order No. 294, commemorating Datu Kalantiaw’s contributions in the areas of law and justice.
