USS Wachapreague

USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) on 20 May 1944, three days after commissioning
History
United States
Name	USS Wachapreague (AVP-56)
Namesake	The Wachapreague Channel, an inlet on the eastern shore of Virginia
Builder	Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington
Laid down	1 February 1943
Launched	10 July 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. E. L. Barr
Reclassified	Motor torpedo boat tender (AGP-8) on 2 February 1943
Commissioned	17 May 1944
Decommissioned	10 May 1946
Honors and awards	Four battle stars for her World War II service
Fate	Transferred to United States Coast Guard 27 May 1946
Stricken	5 June 1946
Acquired	Transferred from U.S. Coast Guard 21 June 1972
Fate	Transferred to South Vietnam 21 June 1972
United States
Name	USCGC McCulloch
Namesake	Hugh McCulloch (1808–1895), United States Secretary of the Treasury (1865–1869, 1884–1885)
Acquired	By transfer from United States Navy 27 May 1946
Commissioned	25 November 1946
Reclassified	High endurance cutter, WHEC-386, 1 May 1966
Decommissioned	21 June 1972
Honors and awards	Unit Commendation April 1966
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Navy 21 June 1972
South Vietnam
Name	RVNS Ngô Quyền (HQ-17)
Namesake	Ngô Quyền, who expelled Chinese forces in 938 to become the first ruler of an independent Vietnam
Acquired	21 June 1972
Fate	Fled to Philippines on collapse of South Vietnam April 1975 Formally transferred to Republic of the Philippines 5 April 1976
Philippines
Name	RPS Gregorio del Pilar (PF-8)
Namesake	Gregorio del Pilar (1875–1899), a Filipino revolutionary general
Acquired	5 April 1976
Commissioned	7 February 1977[1]
Renamed	BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-8) June 1980
Decommissioned	June 1985
Reclassified	PF-12, 1987
Recommissioned	1987
Decommissioned	April 1990
Fate	Discarded July 1990; probably scrapped[1]
General characteristics (seaplane tender)
Class and type	Barnegat-class seaplane tender, converted during construction into a motor torpedo boat tender
Displacement	1,766 tons (light) 2,592 tons (full load)
Length	310 ft 9 in (94.72 m)
Beam	41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power	6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts)
Propulsion	Diesel engines, two shafts
Speed	18.2 knots
Complement	246
Sensors and processing systems	Radar; sonar
Armament	2 × 5-inch (127-millimeter) gun 8 × 40-millimeter anti-aircraft guns 8 × 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns 2 × depth charge tracks
General characteristics (Coast Guard cutter)
Class and type	Casco-class cutter
Displacement	2,470.3 tons (full load) in 1966
Length	310 ft 0.25 in (94.4944 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	41 ft 0 in (12.50 m) maximum
Draft	12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) at full load in 1966
Installed power	6,400 bhp (4,800 kW)
Propulsion	Fairbanks-Morse geared diesel engines, two shafts; 166,430 US gallons (630,000 L) of fuel
Speed	17.6 knots (32.6 km/h) (maximum sustained in 1966) 11.7 knots (21.7 km/h) (economic in 1966)
Range	9,700 nautical miles (18,000 km) at 17.6 kn (32.6 km/h) in 1966 16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km) at 11.7 kn (21.7 km/h) in 1966
Complement	151 (10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 138 enlisted personnel) in 1966
Sensors and processing systems	Radars in 1966: SPS-23, SPS-29D Sonar in 1966: SQS-1
Armament	In 1966: 1 x single 5-inch (130 mm) 38-caliber Mark 30–65 gun mount, 1 x Mark 52-3 director, 1 x Mark 26-01 fire-control radar, 2 x .50-caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × Mark 4 Mod 0 Hedgehog antisubmarine projector 1 × Mark 11 Mod 0 antisubmarine projector, 2 x Mark 32 Mod 5 torpedo launchers with three torpedo tubes each
General characteristics (South Vietnamese frigate)
Class and type	Trần Quang Khải-class frigate
Displacement	1,766 tons (standard) 2,800 tons (full load)
Length	310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) (overall); 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) waterline
Beam	41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft	13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Installed power	6,080 horsepower (4.54 megawatts)
Propulsion	2 x Fairbanks Morse 38D diesel engines
Speed	approximately 18 knots (maximum)
Complement	approximately 200
Armament	1 × 5-inch/38-caliber (127-millimeter) dual-purpose gun 1 or 2 x 81-millimeter mortars in some ships[2] Several machine guns
General characteristics Philippine frigate
Class and type	Andrés Bonifacio-class frigate
Displacement	1,766 tons (standard) 2,800 tons (full load)
Length	311.65 ft (94.99 m)
Beam	41.18 ft (12.55 m)
Draft	13.66 ft (4.16 m)
Installed power	6,200 brake horsepower (4.63 megawatts)
Propulsion	2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38D diesel engines
Speed	18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) (maximum)
Range	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h)
Complement	Approximately 200
Sensors and processing systems	Sperry SPS-53 Surface Search Radar[3] Westinghouse AN/SPS-29D Air Search Radar[3] Mk.26 Mod.1 Fire Control System[3] Mk.52 Mod.3 Gun Director
Armament	1 × Mk.12 5-inch/38-caliber (127 mm) dual-purpose gun 2 × Mk.1 Twin Bofors L/60 40 mm AA guns 2 × Mk.3 Single Bofors L/60 40 mm AA guns 4 × Twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × M2 Browning .50-caliber general-purpose machine guns 2 × 81 mm Mortars
Aircraft carried	None permanently assigned; helipad could accommodate one MBB Bo 105 Helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helipad; no support facilities aboard

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 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).