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| Aussie Balot | Feb 27 2005, 11:05 AM Post #1 |
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What is now the status of the PF-7 Barnegat-class frigate, is it still afloat? Does it still carry the BO105 helo? Thanks for any info.
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| mblt6 | Feb 27 2005, 11:59 PM Post #2 |
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It was sold as scrap in 2003 to finance upgrades of JCPV class vessels. |
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| Fallen Angel | Mar 1 2005, 05:54 PM Post #3 |
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Sayang. Was the ship already beyond repair when sold as scrap? |
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| flipzi | Mar 2 2005, 12:25 PM Post #4 |
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good move.
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| maniegom | Mar 6 2005, 07:55 PM Post #5 |
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It was. I remember reading about it in the (old) official PN website some time back, but too bad the site is inaccessible as of this posting (and so with the new one). Part of the ship was under water over at Sangley and they were able to surface it back up and have it towed. Sayang, I could've provided the link to that precise story for details. Whenever feasible, it's in the digest (story) area. |
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| ctrlaltdel | Mar 6 2005, 08:06 PM Post #6 |
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![]() was this the one? correct me if im wrong (im a civilian) but the ships gun looks modern, was this removed before it was sold? |
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| maniegom | Mar 6 2005, 08:41 PM Post #7 |
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That's it alright. That picture is old though since it was formerly utilized by the USN as a picket ship before it was turned over to the PN. The gun isn't modern because such were already around even during WWII, but still effective because guns are useless without proper fire control and direction systems (including training, maintenance and supply of course). The thing is I cannot remember reading anything about that 5 inch gun being removed prior to it being sold back for scrap to the USA. Either or, we don't have any platforms at present to utilize it anyway. BTW, if it makes you feel any better, most technologies being used by the military were invented by civilians. The military folks are trained by civilians whenever something new comes into play and is perfected by such through our (military) feedbacks as we go about using it. Everybody matters Friend since we all belong in the same team! :thumb: |
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| Kombo3 | Mar 8 2005, 04:00 PM Post #8 |
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When I was still in grade school, I read an article about a PN ship that sunk in a typhoon off Northern Luzon, was this a Barnegat ship? |
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| maniegom | Mar 8 2005, 05:47 PM Post #9 |
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It was actually a Cannon Class ship. The stricken RPS Datu Kalantiaw that was loaned to us (Philippines) on 15 Dec 1967 and renamed as DATU KALANTIAW (formerly USS Booth DE-170). Later on it was later permanently sold (Philippines) on 15 July 1978, but was lost during Typhoon Clara on 20 Sep 1981. I remembered reading about it as the new flag ship of the PN and then a few weeks later it was sadly claimed by a typhoon. http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/170.htm ![]() 22 Sep. 1981, Cayalan Island, Philippines. An aerial view of the capsized Philippine destroyer escort Datu Kalantiaw PS-76 (originally the USS Booth DE-170) during the Military Airlift Command`s Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS) rescue operations. ![]() Sept. 22, 1981, as above http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DE/de170.html Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Naval History Division • Washington USS Booth (DE-170) Born in Hickory, N. C., 25 January 1915, Robert Sinclair Booth, Jr., enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1940. He graduated from the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School on board Illinois (ex-BB-7) 14 November 1940. Ensign Booth was killed while serving on Arizona (BB-39) during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941. (DE-170: dp. 1240; l. 306'; b. 36' 8", dr. 11' 8"; s. 21 k.; cpl. 186; a. 3 3", 3 21" tt.; cl. Cannon) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Booth (DE-170) was launched 21 June 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N. J., sponsored by Mrs. R. S. Booth, mother of Ensign Booth; and commissioned 19 September 1943, Lieutenant Commander D. W. Todd in command. From 1 to 17 December 1943, following her shakedown, Booth carried out experiments for the Naval Research Laboratory, Anacostia, D. C. She then reported for trans-Atlantic convoy duty and between 1 January 1944 and 7 May 1945 she made eight crossings, escorting convoys to the Mediterranean. She departed for the Pacific 28 May 1945 and arrived at Pearl Harbor 2 July after stops at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and San Francisco. Departing Pearl Harbor 15 July she steamed to Saipan, arriving 26 July. After a convoy run to Iwo Jima Booth departed for Ulithi, Caroline Islands, from where she escorted two convoys to Okinawa (12 August-8 September 1945). She departed Ulithi 8 September with a party of Americans and Japanese aboard to secure the surrender of Japanese-held islands in the western Carolines. Leaving Ulithi again on 21 September she carried passengers to Saipan and Guam and then embarked Lieutenant Colonel L. D. Spurlock, USMC, and party. Booth carried her passengers to Truk, Caroline Islands, and assisted them in evacuating Japanese from Puluwat and Momoi and preparing for the arrival of American occupation forces. She returned to Guam 7 November 1945 and the following day departed for the east coast via Pearl Harbor, San Diego, and the Panama Canal. Booth was decommissioned 4 March 1946 at Green Cove Springs, Fla., preparatory to sale [sic: C.O. reports decommissioning in early June]. Removed from the sale list in May 1951, she has remained at Green Cove Springs in reserve. [On 15 December 1967, Booth was transferred to the Philippine Navy as Datu Kalantiaw, and struck from the Navy list 15 July 1978. Datu Kalantiaw was sunk in a typhoon in 1981.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed and formatted for HTML by Patrick Clancey |
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| Oka Nieba | Apr 15 2005, 05:39 AM Post #10 |
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Just a question, how many Cannons and Barnegats did the PN operate? |
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