Congressman Rufus Rodriguez apparently asked the US Government, through Amb. Carlson, Defense Sec. Austin, and State Sec. Blinken, to donate the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Philippine Sea to the PH Navy once it has been retired from the US Navy.

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On this day 60 years ago in 1964, HMS Lynx arrives at the Falklands as a response to an illegal landing by an Argentine light aircraft claiming sovereignty. HMS Lynx was launched in 1957 and sold to Bangladesh in 1982 where she remained in active service until 2014.

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Harbour tugs manoeuvring USS Stark toward the dock at Ingalls Shipbuilding after the ship underwent repairs for damage sustained when it was struck by two Iraqi-launched Exocet missiles while on patrol in the Persian Gulf. The battleship Wisconsin (BB 64) is in the background. 1988.

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