LAKE TAAL (AF-72) class

Country of Origin: Philippines

ship list


 2 LAKE TAAL-class GASOLINE TANKERS (YOG) (ex-U.S. YOG-5 class)

 Name         Pendant    Launched          Completed         Status

 LAKE TAAL    AF-72      Feb. 23, 1944     May 16, 1945      Active
   (ex-Philippine YO-72)
 LAKE BUHI    AF-78      July 6, 1944      Nov. 28, 1944     Active
   (ex-Philippine YO-78)

description

Both were built as gasoline tankers of the U.S. YOG-5 class. They were transferred by loan in 1967 to the Philippines and purchased in March of 1980.

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