The ship's armament consists of:[8] The vessel is also equipped with a mount for a Man-portable air-defense system that can accommodate either:[8] In 1987, she was commissioned into the Republic of Korea Navy as the ROKS Chungju (PCC-762).

On 5 August 2019, she was officially transferred to the Philippine Navy and was commissioned into service the same day at the Jinhae Naval Base.

Prior to these, the Philippines lacked any ASW capability in a region where the number of submarines being operated by neighboring countries was reportedly set to grow.

[10] On 17 February 2020, BRP Conrado Yap encountered the People's Liberation Army Navy Type 056A corvette Liupanshui on its patrol mission.

The crew of Conrado Yap visually observed Liupanshui's gun control director pointing at them.