The fact that the class was very seaworthy, had good habitability, and long range made them well suited to ocean-station duty.

Fast, heavily armed and exceptionally versatile, they served in a wide variety of roles during and after World War II.

They remained at anchor until 2 May, when they set sail for Subic Bay, still flying the South Vietnamese flag.

Once they arrived in the Philippines, they presented a slight legal dilemma to the USN as in theory they should have reverted to the new “provisional government” in the former South Vietnam.

The main engines could propel the 1,766-ton displacement (standard load) ship at a maximum speed of around 18 knots (33 km/h).

[2] The Philippine Navy made plans to upgrade the entire ship class with new radar systems and the BGM-84 Harpoon long-range anti-ship missiles (short-range antiship cruise missiles), but this did not materialize due to the worsening political and economic crisis in the Republic of the Philippines in the mid-1980s.