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'''USS ''Wachapreague'' (AGP-8)''' was a [[motor torpedo boat tender]] in commission in the [[United States Navy]] from 1944 to 1946, seeing service in the latter part of [[World War II]]. After her Navy decommissioning, she was in commission in the [[United States Coast Guard]] from 1946 to 1972 as the [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] '''USCGC ''McCulloch'' (WAVP-386)''', later '''WHEC-386''', the fourth ship of the U.S. Coast Guard or its predecessor, the [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]], to bear the name. In 1972 she was transferred to [[South Vietnam]] and served in the [[Republic of Vietnam Navy]] as the [[frigate]] '''RVNS ''Ngô Quyền'' (HQ-17)'''. Upon the collapse of South Vietnam at the end of the [[Vietnam War]] in 1975, she fled to the [[Philippines]], and she served in the [[Philippine Navy]] from 1977 to 1985 as the frigate '''RPS''' (later '''BRP''') '''''Gregorio del Pilar'' (PF-8)''' and from 1987 to 1990 as '''BRP ''Gregorio del Pilar'' (PF-12)'''.

== Construction and commissioning ==

''Wachapreague'' (AVP-56) was laid down as a [[Barnegat class seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] [[seaplane tender]] on 1 February 1943 at [[Houghton, Washington|Houghton]] [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], by the [[Lake Washington Shipyard]]. She was reclassified as a motor torpedo boat tender and redesignated AGP-8 on 2 February 1943. She was launched on 10 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. E. L. Barr, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 17 May 1944.<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/wachapreague.html |title= Wachapreague (AGP-8) 1944–1946}}</ref>

== United States Navy service ==

=== World War II ===
Following her [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] training out of [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], [[California]], ''Wachapreague'' got underway on 18 July 1944 for [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], en route to the [[South West Pacific theatre of World War II|Southwest Pacific]]. Soon thereafter, she stopped briefly at [[Espiritu Santo]], [[New Hebrides]], and called at [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]], on 17 August 1944, before reaching her ultimate destination, [[Milne Bay]], [[New Guinea]], on 20 August 1944.<ref name=DANFS />

==== The New Guinea campaign ====
''Wachapreague'' dropped anchor at Motor Torpedo Boat Base 21, at that time the largest [[PT boat|patrol torpedo boat]] (PT boat) operating base in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. She reported to Commander, [[Motor Torpedo Boat]]s, [[United States Seventh Fleet]], and commenced tending the 10 PT boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron (MTBRon) 12. This unit had previously taken a heavy toll of [[Japan]]ese [[barge]] traffic and had wreaked much havoc upon Japanese shore installations in almost nightly actions during the [[New Guinea campaign]]. As [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces wrapped up the New Guinea operations, ''Wachapreague'' received an additional five PT boats from Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 7 (MTBRon 7) as the Navy prepared for operations to liberate the [[Philippines]] from Japanese occupation.<ref name=DANFS />

==== The Philippines campaign ====

===== The Leyte campaign begins =====

[[File:USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) refuels PT-194 on 20 October 1944 (80-G-345815).jpg|thumb|300px|left|USS ''Wachapreague'' (AGP-8) refuels a [[PT boat]] on 20 October 1944 during the voyage from [[Palau]] to [[Leyte]].]]On 13 October 1944, ''Wachapreague'' sailed in company with the motor torpedo boat tenders {{USS|Oyster Bay|AGP-6}} and {{USS|Willoughby|AGP-9}}, the seaplane tender {{USS|Half Moon|AVP-26}}, and two [[United States Army]] craft for [[Leyte]], 1,200 nautical miles (2,222 kilometers) away. The 45 torpedo boats, 15 of which were assigned to each motor torpedo boat tender, were convoyed by the larger ships, [[Underway replenishment|refuelled while underway]] at sea – with ''Wachapreague'' slowing to nine [[Knot (unit)|knots]] (17&nbsp;km/h) periodically to fuel two torpedo boats simultaneously, one alongside to starboard and one astern, eventually replenishing the fuel supply of all 15 of her brood – and successfully completed the voyage under their own power. A brief two-day respite at [[Kossol Roads]], [[Palau]], for repairs and a further refueling of the PT boats, preceded the final leg of the voyage.<ref name=DANFS />

While ''Wachapreague'' dropped anchor at northern [[San Pedro Bay (Philippines)|San Pedro Bay]] off Leyte, her PT boats, fresh and ready for action immediately, entered [[Leyte Gulf]] on 21 October 1944, the day after the [[Battle of Leyte|initial landings on Leyte]]. On 24 October 1944, ''Wachapreague'' shifted to [[Liloan Bay]], a small anchorage off [[Panoan Island]], 65 nautical miles (120 kilometers) south of San Pedro Bay, which scarcely afforded the ship room to swing with the tide. Soon after her arrival at Liloan Bay, ''Wachapreague'' contacted the Philippine [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] [[radio]] network for a mutual exchange of information as to Japanese forces in the area.<ref name=DANFS />

===== The Battle of Leyte Gulf =====
On the afternoon of 24 October 1944, upon receipt of word that three powerful Japanese [[task forc]]es were approaching from three directions, PT boats tended by ''Wachapreague'' sped to action stations. In the van of the southern Japanese force steamed two [[battleship]]s and a [[heavy cruiser]], screened by four [[destroyer]]s; 30 nautical miles (56 kilometers) behind came the second group, consisting of three [[cruiser]]s and four destroyers. The American PT boats met the Japanese southern force head-on; three coordinated destroyer torpedo attacks soon followed; while American battleships and cruisers under [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Jesse B. Oldendorf]] deployed across the northern end of [[Surigao Strait]] to "[[crossing the T|cross the T]]" of the Japanese ships. The devastation the American warships wreaked upon the Japanese force was nearly total. Only one Japanese ship, the [[destroyer]] [[Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)|''Shigure'']], emerged from what became known as the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf|Battle of Surigao Strait]].<ref name=DANFS />

PT boats from MTBRon 12 then threw the second task group off balance at the head of the strait, slamming a [[torpedo]] into the side of the Japanese [[light cruiser]] [[Japanese cruiser Abukuma|''Abukuma'']] and forcing ''Abukuma'' out of the battle line, badly damaged. The Japanese [[flagship]], the [[heavy cruiser]] [[Japanese cruiser Nachi|''Nachi'']], collided with another ship in the melee and found her own speed reduced to {{convert|18|kn|km/h}}. This second echelon of Japanese ships, correctly surmising that the first had fallen upon some hard times, then fled, hotly pursued by American planes which administered the ''coup de grace'' to sink the already crippled ''Abukuma'' and the destroyer [[Japanese destroyer Shiranuhi|''Shiranuhi'']] on 26 October 1944.<ref name=DANFS />

MTBron 12's actions and the Battle of Surigao Strait itself were part of the larger [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] of 23 October to 26 October 1944, a decisive defeat of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] from which it never recovered. Yet, while the Japanese capacity for seaborne operations lessened, Japanese forces nevertheless could still strike back from the skies. While the crew of ''Wachapreague'' labored to repair the badly damaged torpedo boat {{ship||PT-194}} on 25 October 1944, a Japanese plane attacked the ship, only to be driven off by a heavy [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] barrage. Later that day, ''Wachapreague'' shifted to [[Hinunagan Bay]] for refueling operations that would enable her six PT boats to return to San Pedro Bay. Japanese nuisance attacks from the air continued, however, and a [[dive bomber]] attacked ''Wachapreague'' just as she was completing the refueling of {{ship||PT-134}}. As ''PT-134'' pulled away from ''Wachapreague''{{'}}s side, a Japanese [[Aerial bomb|bomb]] landed some {{convert|18|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} from the PT boat{{'}}s stern, killing one man and wounding four on board ''PT-134''. Moving out under cover of a [[smoke screen]], ''Wachapreague'' vacated her anchorage just before 14 Japanese planes struck and, while clearing the [[bay]], fired on three twin-engined [[Mitsubishi G4M]] ([[World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft|Allied reporting name]] "Betty") [[bomber]]s, claiming two kills as one "Betty" crashed into the sea and a second, trailing smoke, crashed behind a nearby [[island]].<ref name=DANFS />

===== The Leyte Campaign concludes =====
''Wachapreague'' arrived at San Pedro Bay late on 26 October 1944 and conducted tending operations at that site until 13 November 1944. During this time, her PT boats operated with devastating effect against Japanese shipping in the [[Ormoc Bay]] and [[Bohol Sea|Mindanao Sea]] areas. On 13 November 1944, her task completed in those waters for the time being, ''Wachapreague'' sailed in company with ''Willoughby'' for [[Mios Woendi]]. Returning two weeks later, ''Wachapreague'' now tended a total of 22 PT boats from MTBRons 13, 16, and 28, as well as six more from MTBRon 36 and two from MTBRon 17, at San Pedro Bay. ''Wachapreague'' remained at San Pedro until 4 January 1945, when she headed for [[Lingayen Gulf|Lingayen]], on [[Luzon]], in company with MTBRons 28 and 36.<ref name=DANFS />

==== The Luzon campaign ====
At 12:00 hours, 12 January 1945, a Japanese suicide aircraft dived into a [[merchant ship]] {{convert|100|yd|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} ahead of ''Wachapreague''. At dusk, seven Japanese planes attacked; one of them crashed in the sea some {{convert|100|yd|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} ahead of ''Wachapreague'', another came under fire as it plunged toward the merchant ship SS ''Kyle V. Johnson'', and a third headed for ''Wachapreague'', only to be knocked into the sea by a heavy antiaircraft barrage.<ref name=DANFS /> SS ''Kyle V. Johnson w''as hit amidship by a single Japanese kamikaze, killing 129 army<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-040/h-040-3.html |title=H-040-3: Lingayen Gulf |website=www.history.navy.mil |access-date=13 September 2021}}</ref> engineers from the 1896th Engineer Aviation Battalion who were in transport below decks.{{cn|date=June 2023|reason=details about specific battalion are not in cited source.}} Later that evening, {{ship||PT-382}} came alongside ''Wachapreague'' and transferred two men she had rescued from the water who had been blown overboard from ''Kyle V. Johnson'' during the earlier heavy air action.<ref name=DANFS />

''Wachapreague'' entered [[Lingayen Gulf]] on 13 January 1945 and anchored near the town of [[Damortis]], [[Santo Tomas, La Union]]. On 16 January 1945, she shifted her anchorage to Port [[Sual]] to tend PT boats from MTBRons 28 and 36. These boats gradually extended their patrols northward to the coastal towns of [[Vigan City]] and [[Aparri, Cagayan|Aparri]], shelling shore installations and wreaking havoc on Japanese barge traffic and shipping along the northwest coast of Luzon, destroying some 20 barges. ''Wachapreague'' meanwhile continued to make all electrical and engine repairs for the squadron PT boats and handled all major communications for the motor torpedo boat squadrons until she departed Lingayen on 12 March 1945 to replenish at Leyte.<ref name=DANFS />

==== The Borneo campaign ====
Underway again on 23 April 1945, ''Wachapreague'' accompanied MTBRon 36 to [[Dutch North Borneo]] and took part in the invasion of [[Tarakan Island]]. While the guns still pounded the shore and the invasion itself was underway, ''Wachapreague'' entered the [[Tarakan Bay]] on 1 May 1945 to establish an advance base for her PT boats. For the next four months, until the [[surrender of Japan]] on 15 August 1945 that ended World War II, ''Wachapreague'' operated from this bay, tending MTBRon 36 PT boats while they in turn conducted daily offensive runs up the coast of [[Borneo]].<ref name=DANFS />

In the course of these operations, the PT boats sought out and destroyed Japanese shipping at [[Tawao]], [[Cowie Harbor]], and [[Noneokan]], Dutch North Borneo, shelling and rocketing shore installations. As the Japanese later attempted evacuation by small boats and [[raft]]s, the PT boats netted some 30 [[Prisoner-of-war|prisoners-of-war]]. In addition to these tasks, the PT boats assisted [[landing Ship, Tank|tank landing ship tank]] (LST) retractions from the [[beachhead]]s by speeding across the water astern of the landing ships and creating swells which enabled the LSTs to back off the [[beach]] and float free.<ref name=DANFS />

==== Honors and awards ====
''Wachapreague'' received four [[Service star|battle stars]] for her World War II service.<ref name=DANFS />

=== Post-World War II ===
''Wachapreague'' tended PT boats after the end of the war, based at Tarakan, until she headed back to the [[United States]] and arrived at [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], California, on 5 December 1945. After upkeep at the [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]] at [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]], California, ''Wachapreague'' got underway for the [[United States East Coast]] on 20 March 1946 and reported at [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], on 6 April 1946 for inactivation. She was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 10 May 1946 and transferred outright to the [[United States Coast Guard]] on 27 May 1946. Her name was struck from the [[Navy List]] on 5 June 1946.<ref name=DANFS />

== United States Coast Guard service ==

[[File:USCGC McCulloch (WAVP-386) in the Atlantic Ocean, circa in the 1950s.jpg|thumb|300px|left|USCGC ''McCulloch'' (WAVP-386) in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] sometime between May 1946 and the Coast Guard{{'}}s 1967 adoption of the
 "[[United States Coast Guard#Service Mark ("Racing Stripe")|racing stripe]]" markings on its ships.]]''Barnegat''-class ships were very reliable and seaworthy and had good habitability, and the United States Coast Guard viewed them as ideal for [[Ocean Weather Station|ocean-station]] duty, in which they would perform [[Meteorology|weather reporting]] and [[search and rescue]] tasks, once they were modified by having a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch installed. After World War II, the Navy transferred 18 of the ships to the Coast Guard, in which they were known as the [[Casco-class cutter|''Casco''-class cutters]].

After the Navy transferred ''Wachapreague'' to the Coast Guard on 27 May 1946, she underwent conversion for service as a [[Weather ship|weather reporting ship]]. The Coast Guard commissioned her as '''USCGC ''McCulloch'' (WAVP-386)''' on 25 November 1946. She was the fourth ship of the U.S. Coast Guard or its predecessor, the [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]], to bear the name, which honored the financier [[Hugh McCulloch]] (1808–1895), who served as [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] under [[President of the United States|Presidents]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Andrew Johnson]] from 1865 to 1869 and [[Chester A. Arthur]] from 1884 to 1885.

=== North Atlantic, 1946–1972 ===

''McCulloch''{{'}}s first [[home port]] was Boston, Massachusetts, where she would remain stationed until July 1966. Her primary duty was to serve on ocean stations in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to gather [[Meteorology|meteorological]] data. While on duty in one of these stations, she was required to patrol a 210-square-mile (544-square-kilometer) area for three weeks at a time, leaving the area only when physically relieved by another Coast Guard cutter or in the case of a dire emergency. Spending an average of 21 days per month at sea, ''McCulloch'' patrolled the direct line of air routes to [[Europe]], acting as an aircraft check point at the [[point of no return]], relayed weather data to the [[United States Weather Bureau]] and acted as a source of the latest weather information for passing aircraft, and maintained an [[Search and rescue|air-sea rescue]] station for downed [[civilian]] and [[military]] aircraft and vessels in distress. She also operated as a floating oceanographic laboratory and engaged in [[Law enforcement agency|law enforcement]] operations. ''McCulloch'' remained engaged in these duties until more modern techniques of weather reporting and data gathering came into use and made seagoing weather ships obsolete.

While ''McCulloch'' was patrolling [[Ocean Station Bravo]] off the coast of [[Labrador]], [[Canada]], in January 1959, raging winter seas cracked her main decks and swept one crewman overboard. In spite of that harrowing experience, she managed to reach [[Naval Station Argentia]] in [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], Canada, without further mishap.

During October and November 1965, ''McCulloch'' was assigned to patrol the [[Florida Strait]] and rescue Cuban refugees during the [[Cuban Exodus]], in which thousands of Cubans chanced the rough, hazardous {{convert|90|nmi|km|adj=on}} passage from [[Camarioca]], [[Cuba]], to [[Key West, Florida|Key West]], [[Florida]], many in overcrowded and unseaworthy craft handled by totally inexperienced people. During this patrol, ''McCulloch'' was under the command of [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] Frank Barnett, [[USCG]], who was in tactical command of 12 Coast Guard cutters and four airplanes assigned to the [[Cuban Patrol]]. In early November 1965, ''McCulloch'' rescued 280 Cuban refugees from small craft in the Florida Strait and carried them to Key West. The crew was cited for outstanding service during this patrol and, on 22 April 1966, ''McCulloch'' was awarded a [[Navy Unit Commendation|Unit Commendation]] for her Florida Strait patrol, with ceremonies held at Boston, entitling her crew of 144 to wear the [[Unit Commendation Bar]].

On 1 May 1966, ''McCulloch'' was reclassified as a [[high endurance cutter]] and redesignated '''WHEC-386'''. In July 1966, she was stationed at [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]], [[North Carolina]], which would remain her home port until 21 June 1972. Just as during her years at Boston, she spent her years at Wilmington in ocean station, law-enforcement, and search-and-rescue operations.

On 17 June 1970, ''McCulloch'' helped fight a fire aboard the [[merchant ship]] ''Tsui Yung'' in Wilmington.

=== Decommissioning and transfer to South Vietnam ===
In April 1972, ''McCulloch'' and two of her sister ships, the Coast Guard cutters {{USCGC|Absecon|WAVP-374|6}} and {{USCGC|Chincoteague|WAVP-375|6}}, were deployed as Coast Guard Squadron Two, with crews composed mainly of members of the [[United States Coast Guard Reserve]]. They were originally scheduled to sail to [[Subic Bay]] in the [[Philippines]], but were diverted to the U.S. Navy base at [[Apra Harbor]], [[Guam]]. After their [[antisubmarine warfare]] equipment had been removed, the three cutters eventually were decommissioned, transferred to the U.S. Navy, and then transferred to  [[South Vietnam]], all three of these events happening for ''McCulloch'' on 21 June 1972.

== Republic of Vietnam Navy service ==
The former ''McCulloch'' was commissioned into the [[Republic of Vietnam Navy]] as the [[frigate]] '''RVNS ''Ngô Quyền'''''<ref name="name" group="note">Other spellings encountered include ''Ngo Kuyen''.</ref> '''(HQ-17)''',<ref name="hq" group="note">Per ''Janes's Fighting Ships 1973–1974'', p. 592, "HQ" is an abbreviation for "Hai Quan," [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] for "Navy", used for all [[Republic of Vietnam Navy]] ships.</ref><ref name="ships" group="note">This article assumes that the authoritative ''Jane{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1973–1974'', p. 592, is correct about the ship{{'}}s lineage (i.e., that she was the former USS ''Wachapreague'' (AGP-8) and USCGC ''McCulloch'' (WAVP-386/WHEC-386) and was designated HQ-17 in South Vietnamese service. The ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' (''DANFS'') and NavSource.org agree with ''Jane{{'}}s''. The United States Coast Guard Historian{{'}}s Office [http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/McCulloch_1946.pdf] and the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images also agree that ''Wachapreague''/''McCulloch'' became ''Ngô Quyền'', but do not mention ''Ngô Quyền''{{'}}s "HQ" designation. However, confusion exists on these points in print and on the Web. ''Conway{{'}}s All the World{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1947–1982 Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations'', p. 369, agrees that ''Ngô Quyền'' was the former ''Wachapreague''/''McCulloch'', but claims ''Ngô Quyền''{{'}}s designation in South Vietnamese service was HQ-6, a designation that ''Jane{{'s}}'', p. 592, and NavSource.org [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4336.htm] say was assigned to {{ship|RVNS |Trần Quốc Toản|HQ-06}}, which they say was the former {{USS|Cook Inlet|AVP-36}} and [[USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)|USCGC ''Cook Inlet'' (WAVP-384/WHEC-384)]]. The Inventory of VNN{{'}}s Battle Ships Part 2 (see Part 2 [http://www.vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125075925/http://vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html |date=25 January 2015 }}), however, claims that ''Ngô Quyền'' (HQ-17) was the former {{USS|Castle Rock|AVP-35}} and [[USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383)|USCGC ''Castle Rock'' (WAVP-383/WHEC-383)]], while the other sources (less ''DANFS'', which does not mention ''Castle Rock{{'}}s'' South Vietnamese career) all agree that ''Castle Rock'' became {{ship|RVNS| Trần Bình Trọng|HQ-05}} in South Vietnamese service (although NavSource.org in its entry for {{USS|Chincoteague|AVP-24}} / [[USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375)|USCGC ''Chincoteague'' (WAVP-375/WHEC-375)]][http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4324.htm] also says that it was ''Chincoteague'' that became '' Trần Bình Trọng'' (HQ-05)). To complete the confusion, the Inventory of VNN{{'}}s Battle Ships Part 1 (see Part 1 [http://www.vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125075925/http://vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html |date=25 January 2015 }}) says that it was ''Wachapreague''/''McCulloch'' that became ''Trần Quốc Toản'' (HQ-06) in South Vietnamese service.</ref> named after [[Ngô Quyền]], who expelled [[China|Chinese]] forces in 938 and founded the first modern Vietnamese state. By mid-July 1972, six other former ''Casco''-class cutters had joined her in South Vietnamese service. They were the largest warships in the South Vietnamese inventory, and their 5-inch (127-millimeter) guns were South Vietnam's largest naval guns. ''Ngô Quyền'' and her sisters fought alongside U.S. Navy ships during the final years of the [[Vietnam War]], operating along the South Vietnamese coast on patrol and coastal [[interdiction]] duties and providing gunfire support to South Vietnamese forces ashore.

When South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War in late April 1975, ''Ngô Quyền'' became a ship without a country. She fled to Subic Bay in the Philippines, packed with South Vietnamese [[refugee]]s. On 22 and 23 May 1975, a U.S. Coast Guard team inspected ''Ngô Quyền'' and five of her sister ships, which also had fled to the Philippines in April 1975. One of the inspectors noted: "These vessels brought in several hundred refugees and are generally rat-infested. They are in a filthy, deplorable condition. Below decks generally would compare with a garbage scow."<ref>This quote, from the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office [http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/McCulloch_1946.pdf], is attributed to one of the inspectors.</ref>

== Philippine Navy service ==

The Philippines took custody of ''Ngô Quyền'' and her sister ships. After she was cleaned up and repaired, the former ''Ngô Quyền'' was commissioned in the [[Philippine Navy]] on 7 February 1977 as the frigate '''RPS ''Gregorio del Pilar'' (PF-8)'''.<ref name=dailyexpress020777>{{cite news|title=6 new ships boost RP navy fleet |publisher=Philippine Daily Express |date=1977-02-08 }}</ref><ref name="philippines" group="note">This article assumes that the authoritative ''Jane{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1980–1981'', p. 370, is correct about ''Gregorio del Pilar''{{'}}s lineage (i.e., that she was the former USS ''Wachapreague'' (AGP-8), USCGC ''McCulloch'' (WAVP-386/WHEC-386), and RVNS ''Ngô Quyền'' (HQ-17). The ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' (''DANFS''), NavSource.org, the United States Coast Guard Historian{{'}}s Office [http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/McCulloch_1946.pdf], the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/agp8.htm], and ''Conway{{'}}s All the World{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1947–1982 Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations'', p. 356, all agree with ''Jane{{'}}s'' that ''Wachapreague''/''McCulloch'' became ''Ngô Quyền'' and then ''Gregorio del Pilar''. However, confusion exists on these points on the Web. The Inventory of VNN{{'}}s Battle Ships Part 2 (see Part 2 [http://www.vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125075925/http://vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html |date=25 January 2015 }}) claims that ''Ngô Quyền'' (HQ-17) was the former {{USS|Castle Rock|AVP-35}} and [[USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383)|USCGC ''Castle Rock'' (WAVP-383/WHEC-383)]], while the other sources (less ''DANFS'', which does not mention ''Castle Rock{{'}}s'' South Vietnamese career) all agree that ''Castle Rock'' became {{ship|RVNS|Trần Bình Trọng|HQ-05}} in South Vietnamese service (although NavSource.org in its entry for {{USS|Chincoteague|AVP-24}} / [[USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375)|USCGC ''Chincoteague'' (WAVP-375/WHEC-375)]][http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4324.htm] also says that it was ''Chincoteague'' that became ''Trần Bình Trọng'' (HQ-05)). To complete the confusion, the Inventory of VNN{{'}}s Battle Ships Part 1 (see Part 1 [http://www.vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125075925/http://vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html |date=25 January 2015 }}) says that ''Wachapreague''/''McCulloch'' became {{ship|RVNS|Trần Quốc Toản|HQ-06}} in South Vietnamese service and that ''Trần Quốc Toản'' became ''Gregorio del Pilar'', while the Inventory of VNN{{'}}s Battle Ships Part 2 (see Part 2 [http://www.vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125075925/http://vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html |date=25 January 2015 }}) says that ''Ngô Quyền'' was the former ''Castle Rock'' and that ''Ngô Quyền'' went on to become the Philippine Navy{{'}}s {{BRP|Francisco Dagohoy|PF-10}}.</ref> She and three other ex-''Barnegat''-class, ex-''Casco''-class ships that had fled South Vietnam constituted the Philippine Navy{{'}}s [[Andrés Bonifacio-class frigate|''Andrés Bonifacio'' class]] of frigates, the largest Philippine Navy combat ships of their time.

=== Modernization ===

The ''Andrés Bonifacio''-class frigates were passed to the Philippine Navy with fewer weapons aboard than they had had during their U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast guard careers and with old surface search [[radar]]s installed. The [[Philippine Navy]] addressed these shortfalls through modernization programs. In Philippine service, ''Gregorio del Pilar'' retained her South Vietnamese armament, consisting of a single Mark 12 [[5"/38 caliber gun|5"/38 caliber (127-mm) gun]], a dual-purpose weapon capable of anti-surface and [[antiaircraft|anti-air]] fire, mounted in a Mark 30 Mod 0 enclosed base ring with a range of up to {{convert|18200|yd|m}} yards; two twin Mark 1 [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft]] [[gun mount]]s, four Mk. 4 single [[Oerlikon 20&nbsp;mm cannon|20-millimeter Oerlikon]] anti-aircraft gun mounts, four M2 Browning .50-[[caliber]] (12.7-millimeter) general-purpose [[machine gun]]s, and two 81-mm mortars.<ref name="dlsu.edu.ph">''DLSU N-ROTC Office.'' [http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/sps/rotc/pdf/ms2/namingPNships.pdf Naming and Code Designation of PN Vessels] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928112219/http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/sps/rotc/pdf/ms2/namingPNships.pdf|date=28 September 2011}}.</ref> However, in 1979 [[Hatch and Kirk, Inc.]], added a helicopter deck aft<ref>''Philippine Naval Forces News Bulletin'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20000301173451/http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/7248/navy2.htm Naval News Bulletin # 1].</ref> which could accommodate a Philippine Navy [[MBB Bo 105]]C [[helicopter]] for utility, scouting, and [[maritime patrol]] purposes, although the ship had no capability to refuel or otherwise support visiting helicopters.<ref>''Jane{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1980–1981'', p. 370.</ref> The Sperry SPS-53 surface search and navigation radar also was installed, replacing the AN/SPS-23 radar, although the ship retained both its AN/SPS-29D air search radar and its Mark 26 Mod 1 [[Fire Control]] Radar System.<ref name=Janes19821983 /> The Philippine Navy made plans to equip ''Gregorio del Pilar'' and her sister ships with new radar systems and long-range BGM-84 [[Boeing Harpoon|Harpoon]] anti-ship [[cruise missile]]s, but this upgrade did not materialize due to the worsening political and economic crisis in the Philippines in the mid-1980s.<ref>Harpoon Database Encyclopedia [http://www.harpoondatabases.com/Encyclopedia/Entry1757.aspx AVP-10 Barnegat class] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705232838/http://www.harpoondatabases.com/Encyclopedia/Entry1757.aspx |date=5 July 2008 }}</ref>

=== Service history ===
''Gregorio del Pilar'' was designated '''BRP ''Gregorio del Pilar'' (PF-8)''' in June 1980<ref>''Philippine Navy Information Manual 1995'' – Adoption of Pilipino Translation of "Bapor ng Republika ng Pilipinas"</ref> and was decommissioned in June 1985.<ref name="NavSource 56">''NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive.'' [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4356.htm USS Wachapreague (AVP-56)/)(AGP-8)].</ref> Redesignated '''PF-12''', she was recommissioned in 1987, but she was decommissioned again in April 1990 due to her poor material condition.<ref name=USCG>{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/McCulloch1946.pdf |title=US Coast Guard History Program – McCulloch, 1946 |publisher=US Coast Guard |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref> She was discarded in July 1990 and probably scrapped.<ref name=USCG />

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/wachapreague.html}}
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/agp8.htm Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS ''Wachapreague'' (AGP-8, originally AVP-56), 1944–1946]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4356.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive USS Wachapreague AVP-56 / AGP-8 USCGC McCulloch WAVP-386 / WHEC-386]
* [http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/McCulloch_1946.pdf United States Coast Guard Historian's Office: ''McCulloch'', 1946 WAVP / WHEC-386]
* [http://www.vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html The Inventory of VNN{{'}}s Battle Ships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125075925/http://vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory.html |date=25 January 2015 }}
* [http://www.vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory2.html The Inventory of VNN{{'}}s Battle Ships Part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223145338/http://www.vnafmamn.com/VNNavy_inventory2.html |date=23 February 2015 }}
* Chesneau, Roger. ''Conway{{'}}s All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946''. New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1980. {{ISBN|0-8317-0303-2}}.
*Gardiner, Robert. ''Conway's All the World{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1947–1982, Part I: The Western Powers''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983. {{ISBN|0-87021-918-9}}.
* Gray, Randal, Ed. ''Conway{{'}}s All the World{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1947–1982 Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983. {{ISBN|0-87021-919-7}}.
* Moore, John, Captain, RN, FRGS, Ed. ''Jane{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1973–1974''. London: Jane{{'}}s Yearbooks, 1973. No ISBN.

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