BRP Valentin Diaz (PS-177)
BRP ''Valentin Diaz'' (PS-177) is an Cyclone-class patrol ship, ''Alvarez''-class patrol ship of the Philippine Navy. She is the Philippine Navy's second ship of the class and was a Cyclone-class patrol ship, ''Cyclone''-class patrol ship previously named USS ''Monsoon'' (PC-4) during her service with the US Navy. History US Navy and US Coast Guard Launched as the fourth of fourteen ships of the , the primary mission of was to serve as a platform for conducting maritime special operations, including interdiction, escort, noncombatant evacuation, reconnaissance, operational deception, intelligence collection, and tactical swimmer operations. Her small size, stealthy construction and high speed were tailored to performing long-range SEALs, Special Operations Forces (SOF) insertion and extraction as well as other SOF support duties as needed. As good a design as it is, ''Monsoon'' had barely gone into service in the mid-1990s when the Special Operations Command rejected them as ...
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