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BRP Gregorio Velasquez is Philippine Navy's first oceanographic research vessel. [1] It was built by the United States Navy as USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14) for university support of Navy programs. The ship was operated as the research vessel R/V Melville by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for oceanographic research.
Gregorio Velasquez: Agricultural Sciences Phycology 1983 Francisco Fronda: Agricultural Science Animal Husbandry Francisco Santos: Health Sciences Human Nutrition and Agricultural Chemistry Carmen Velasquez: Agricultural Sciences Parasitology 1985 Teodoro Agoncillo [a] Social Sciences Philippine History Encarnacion Alzona: Social Sciences ...
Gregorio Velasquez (Calumpit) – National Scientist of the Philippines for Phycology; Francisco O. Santos (Calumpit) – National Scientist of the Philippines for Human Nutrition and Agricultural Chemistry; Virgilio Enriquez (Balagtas) – social psychologist known as Father of Filipino psychology "Ama ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino"
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BRP Quezon (PS-70) was one of two Rizal-class ships in service with the Philippine Navy.She was formerly a USN Auk-class minesweeper produced during World War II, and was later on classified as a patrol corvette protecting the vast waters of the Philippines.
BRP Bagong Lakas (PB-102) was the second ship of the Kagitingan class coastal patrol interdiction crafts of the Philippine Navy.It was designed and built in Germany, and was commissioned with the Philippine Navy in February 1979 as RPS Bagong Lakas (P-102).
The vessel was commissioned on 1 July 1944, manned by Coast Guard personnel, and assigned to the South-west Pacific and Western Pacific areas. She was decommissioned on 11 October 1945.
The ship has a displacement of 1,220 tons full load. It has a rated capacity for a crew consisting of 118 personnel and can operate non-stop for 20 days. The ship has a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and has a range of to 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi). It is powered by a combined diesel or gas, and LM2500 gas turbines.