BRP Quezon (PS-70) - ex HMS Exploit [BAM-24] / ex-USS Vigilance (AM-324)

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From: http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02324.htm

Laid down 28 November 1942 for the Royal Navy as HMS Exploit (BAM 24) by the Associated Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, WA
Renamed and reclassified Vigilance (AM 324), 23 January 1943
Launched 5 April 1943
Commissioned 28 February 1944
Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as December 1946
Decommissioned 30 January 1947
Placed in reserve 16 April 1947
Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-324, 7 February 1955
Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1966
Transferred to the Philippines 19 August 1967 and renamed RPS Quezon (PS 70)

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NOTICE TO MARINERS NUMBER 158-2017
Published: 17 August 2017

http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/index.php/notice-to-mariners/notam-2017/august-2017/1739-notice-to-mariners-number-158-2017

Notice is hereby given to all mariners and other parties concerned that:

1. Reference: Philippine Navy Radio Message Cite NOCB-0817-101

2. The following Philippine Navy vessel will conduct test firing of tabheir naval guns on dates and maritime areas indicated as follows:

BOW NR		DATE		VICINITY		COORDINATES
		DATE
FF15 PS70 PS74 AS71 PC374		03-06 Sep 17		Plan A: 11 NM E OFF COMIRAN ISLAND, BALABAC, PALAWAN Plan B: 29 NM NW OFF LONG PT., ANEPAHAN, PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN		Plan A PT. A – LAT       08° 05.00’ N     LONG  117° 35.00’ E PT. B – LAT        08° 05.00’ N     LONG  117° 35.00’ E PT. C - LAT       07° 55.00’ N     LONG  117° 35.00’ E PT. D – LAT       07° 55.00’ N     LONG  117° 25.00’ E Plan B PT. A – LAT       10° 10.00’ N     LONG  117° 50.00’ E PT. B – LAT        10° 10.00’ N     LONG  118° 00.00’ E PT. C - LAT       10° 00.00’ N     LONG  118° 00.00’ E PT. D – LAT       10° 00.00’ N     LONG  117° 50.00’ E
PC375 PC389		08-09 Sep 17		15 NM SE OFF LINAPACAN ISL. LINAPACAN, PALAWAN		PT. A – LAT       11° 05.00’ N     LONG  119° 55.00’ E PT. B – LAT        11° 05.00’ N     LONG  120° 05.00’ E PT. C - LAT       10° 55.00’ N     LONG  120° 05.00’ E PT. D – LAT       10° 55.00’ N     LONG  119° 55.00’ E

3. In this connection, all ships/watercrafts transiting the vicinity of the abovementioned areas are advised to take note of the information and take necessary precautionary measures at all times.

4. The cooperation of all concerned in effecting widest dissemination of this information is requested.

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NOTICE TO ALL MARINERS NUMBER 108-2019
Parent Category: NOTAM    Published: 25 April 2019

http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/index.php/notice-to-mariners/notam2019a/april-2019/3240-notice-to-all-mariners-number-108-2019

Notice is hereby given to all mariners and other parties concerned that:

1. Reference: Philippine Navy Radio Message Cite NOCB-0419-025 dated 24 April 2019.

2. Philippine Navy vessel PS70 will conduct test firing of naval guns at vicinity 15.6 nautical miles southwestern off Guat point, Mariveles, Bataan as scheduled at areas bounded by the following coordinates:


16 May 2019

15.6 nautical miles southwestern off Guat point, Mariveles, Bataan

PT A –   LAT 14°25.50’ N

LONG 120°20.00’ E

PT B –   LAT 14°25.50’ N

LONG 120°05.20’ E

PT C –   LAT 14°10.80’ N

LONG 120°05.20’ E

PT D –   LAT 14°10.80’ N

LONG 120°20.00’ E