YAKAL (AD-617) class

Country of Origin: Philippines

ship list


 1 YAKAL-class LIGHT REPAIR SHIP (ARL) (ex-U.S. ACHELOUS class)

 Name     Pendant    Launched          Commissioned     Status
 YAKAL    AD-617     Nov. 13, 1944     Nov. 24, 1944    Active
   (ex-Philippine AR-517; ex-USS SATYR (ARL-23), ex-LST-852)

description

This ship was transferred by sale to the Philippines from the United States on Jan. 24, 1977. She had previously been transferred, in 1971, to the South Vietnamese navy and renamed RVNS VINH LONG (HQ-802); she was placed in the...

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