BRP ''Mangyan'' (AS71) is an auxiliary ship of the

Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) ( tgl, Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas, , Sea Army of the Philippines) ( es, Armada de Filipinas, , Ejército del Mar de las Filipinas) is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an e ...

, formerly the freight supply ship U.S. Army ''FS-524'', built for the

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during

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Service history

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. Later turned over to the United States Navy, then she was transferred to the

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force , abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) ...

as JDS ''Miho'' (MST-472) on 31 March 1955. Together with her sistership JDS ''Nasami'' (MST-471,ex-FS-408), they converted to the minesweeper tender. Miho was used in minesweeping missions and limited transport services until 1974. The Philippine government acquired the ship through Foreign Military Sales (FMS) from the United States government. She underwent extensive repairs at the Maebata Shipbuilding Inc. in Sasebo, Japan in 1978 until she was finally turned over to the Philippine Navy. On 27 March 1979, she was commissioned as BRP ''Mangyan'' (AS71) named after the

Mangyan peoples Mangyan is the generic name for the eight indigenous groups found on the island of Mindoro, southwest of the island of Luzon, the Philippines, each with its own tribal name, language, and customs. The total population may be around 280,001, ...

, an ethnic minority on

Mindoro Mindoro is the seventh largest and eighth-most populous island in the Philippines. With a total land area of 10,571 km2 ( 4,082 sq.mi ) and has a population of 1,408,454 as of 2020 census. It is located off the southwestern coast of Luz ...

island.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mangyan Ships of the United States Army 1944 ships Design 381 coastal freighters Transport ships of the United States Army Auxiliary ships of the Philippine Navy Mine warfare vessels of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force