BRP Lake Caliraya (AF-81)
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| History |
 Philippines |
| Name: |
MT PNOC Lapu-Lapu |
| Operator: |
PNOC Shipping and Transport Corp. |
| Builder: |
Taizhou Zhongxing Shipyard, China[1] |
| Launched: |
2007 |
| Completed: |
November 2007 |
| Commissioned: |
January 2008 |
| Decommissioned: |
2014 |
| Fate: |
transferred to Philippine Navy |
| History |
| Philippines |
| Name: |
BRP Lake Caliraya (AF-81) |
| Namesake: |
Lake Caliraya, a man-made lake in Laguna province, Philippines[2] |
| Operator: |
Philippine Navy |
| Acquired: |
March 26, 2014 |
| Commissioned: |
May 23, 2015 |
| Status: |
in active service |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Small Replenishment Tanker |
| Length: |
98.95 m (324.6 ft)[3] |
| Beam: |
15.62 m (51.2 ft)[3] |
| Draft: |
4.6 m (15 ft)[3] |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
Furuno navigation radars |
BRP Lake Caliraya (AF-81) is a Philippine Navy small replenishment tanker. She was formerly a double-hulled oil products tanker of the now defunct Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) Shipping and Transport Corporation,[3] and was donated to the Philippine Navy in 2014[4] together with 2 other tankers of the company. She is currently the only Chinese-made naval asset of the Philippine Navy.
She has a deadweight of 4,570 tons.[3] The ship is a single product replenishment platform that has a depot-to-ship, ship-to-depot, and a ship-to-ship refueling capabilities, and with Lt. Cmdr. Mamerto A Goleta (PN) as its first commanding officer. The ship will be manned by selected officers and men of the Sealift Amphibious Force.[2]
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