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Corvettes from the Navy’s reactivated fleet are used to help the Dinagat Islands.

BRP Magat Salamat, a World War II corvette that was recently decommissioned, arrived in the Dinagat Islands with relief goods on Wednesday, the Philippine Navy (PN) said Thursday, per the AP.

“PS-20 left Eva Macapagal Wharf in Surigao del Norte early Wednesday with 30 tons of relief goods for the typhoon-hit Dinagat Islands. It arrived on the same day that Ex-PS-20 did “Commander Benjo Negranza, a Navy spokesman, said in a statement.

The ship was brought back to life to help with the relief efforts for Typhoon Odette.

“Odette” hit the Dinagat Islands and nearby communities hard, and the corvette is now in the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao area of operations. It is a starting point for humanitarian aid and disaster relief units, as well as other relief efforts for the people who lost their homes.

In the past, Negranza said that the ship will act as a “mother ship” for smaller naval vessels that are now working to help people in the disaster area.

“People on the island of Dinagat will again need PS-20 to be a starting point for humanitarian aid and disaster relief units, as well as for other relief efforts (s). She will be the “mother ship” for smaller PN boats and crafts that are in the area “he said more.

The BRP Magat Salamat and the BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19) were officially retired on December 10, 2013. In 44 years, both ships worked with the PN.

The BRP Magat Salamat was bought by the PN in April 1976. The US Navy called it the USS Gayety (AM-239) when it was first built in 1945.

Besides that, the patrol boat BRP Hilario Ruiz (PC-378) arrived at the port of Dapa on Wednesday for another sealift and humanitarian aid and disaster relief mission, as well.

In Surigao, Negranza said the naval craft came from Eva Macapagal Wharf and came to the island. Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao is trying to help people in the area, he said.

“PC-378 had room for 13 people and carried 3,000 pounds of goods, including 43 sacks of rice, 60 corrugated and plain roof sheets, 25 boxes of relief goods, and 10 boxes of medicines,” Negranza said.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said earlier that the PN has agreed to send 27 ships to help the government with its relief efforts “for Odette.”

That’s not all: So far, PN ships have taken 1,225 people and 3 million pounds of food and supplies from Manila to Cebu and other places in the Philippines.

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