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US Navy Transfers Research Vessel to Philippine Navy

SAN DIEGO (April 27, 2016) - Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, left, commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet, and Leo Herrera-Lim, Philippine Consul General in Los Angeles, sign documents transferring ownership of the research vessel (R/V) Melville to the Philippine Navy during a ceremony at Naval Base, where it was commissioned as BRP Gregorio Velasquez (AGR 702). The ship was transferred under the U.S. Department of Defense's excess defense articles program to help augment the Republic of the Philippines oceanographic research and study capabilities.

PHOTO BY: Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Travis Litke
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