In July 2016, a newer frigate received by the Philippine navy from the US Coast Guard was also named BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF-17).

On 22 May 1975 and 23 May 1975, a U.S. Coast Guard team inspected Lý Thường Kiệt and five of her sister ships, which also had fled to the Philippines in April 1975.

"[5] After Lý Thường Kiệt had been cleaned and repaired, the United States formally transferred her to the Republic of the Philippines on 5 April 1976.

The former Lý Thường Kiệt was commissioned into the Philippine Navy as frigate RPS Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7).

[8] Andrés Bonifacio became well known as the ship in which renegade Colonel Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan, leader of a nearly successful coup against the Corazon Aquino government, was detained after his capture in December 1987.

[9] The Philippine Navy made plans to reactivate Andrés Bonifacio as an auxiliary fleet flagship in 1995,[10][11] but this never took place due to a lack of funds.

Andrés Bonifacio eventually sank at her berthing area in Fort San Felipe, part of the Sangley Point Naval Base at Cavite City on Luzon.

Her hulk's sale helped the Philippine Navy to finance an upgrade program for its three Jacinto-class corvettes.