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13 unusual facts about Philippine Navy


Abu Sabaya

On June 21, 2002, after being tracked by United States and Philippine forces, Sabaya was confronted by a Special Warfare Group team of the Philippine Navy.

Antonio Leviste

He holds the rank of Lt. Commander in the Philippine Navy Reserve Force and is the Honorary Consul General of the State of Palestine.

Asia World LRT Station

It will also be near Camp Claudio of the Philippine Navy, Kiu Pat Hong Shiao Taoist Temple, and the Don Galo Fishport.

Cañacao Bay

The bay is a good anchorage and it is bordered to the north by the Danilo Atienza Air Base of the Philippine Air Force and by the Naval Base Cavite of the Philippine Navy to the south.

Fort Bonifacio

Fort Andres Bonifacio is the national headquarters of the Philippine Army (AFP), Southern Police District and the marine base of Philippine Navy and Philippine Marine Corps located in this district.

Francis Escudero

On July 3, 2000, Escudero was named a Commander of the Philippine Navy Reserve Command

Hamilton-class cutter

USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) (Decommissioned March 28 2011, transferred to the Philippine Navy 13 May 2011 as the BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15))

Jesse Robredo

Search and recovery operations were conducted by Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force and the local government of Masbate, with assistance from a number of foreign technical divers.

Joseph Emilio Abaya

Prior to representing the first district of Cavite to the House of Representatives in 2004, he first served in the Armed Forces of the Philippines as a cadet (1984–1988) and as a naval officer of the Philippine Navy (1988–2004).

Lawton Avenue

It continues across army property winding past the Philippine Naval Hospital and Kagitingan Executive Golf Course, and intersecting with Bayani Road.

Miguel Malvar

The Miguel Malvar class corvette, named after Malvar, is a ship class of patrol corvettes of the Philippine Navy, and are currently its oldest class of corvettes.

Naval Station Sangley Point

For its current operations as a Philippine military base, see Danilo Atienza Air Base, (PAF) and Naval Base Cavite, (PN)

Roilo Golez

Fourteen years as a Philippine Navy Officer, reaching the rank of Navy Captain (full colonel in the Army).


Cesar Alzona

As a Lieutenant in the Philippine Navy, he was sent to attend the professional United States Marine Corps TBS at Quantico, Virginia, and transferred to the U.S. with his wife and two small children, Augustus Caesar and Eduardo, in 1954.