BRP Dioscoro Papa (PC-381) is the eleventh ship of the Jose Andrada-class coastal patrol boats of the Philippine Navy.
It is part of the second batch of its class ordered through US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in 1993, and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy on 1 June 1995.
[1][5][6] The patrol craft is equipped with a Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)11 surface search and navigation radar but with a smaller antenna as those used in bigger Philippine Navy ships.
[1] On 22 January 1996, Dioscoro Papa (then designated PG-381) was conducting anti-piracy patrols in off the coast of Capones Island, Zambales.
After incurring crew casualties the vessels fled to the high seas with Dioscoro Papa opting not to pursue due to having depleted its ammunition and fuel during the encounter.