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| BRP Gregorio Velasquez (Image: Wiki Commons) |
MANILA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The research vessel U.S. President Barack Obama promised to give the Philippines arrived in Manila on Thursday, the Philippine military said.
Navy Capt. Lued Lincuna said RV Melville, now renamed BRP Gregorio Velasquez, dropped anchor at the anchorage of Manila Bay around 11 a.m. local time.
The vessel is one of the two oceanography vessels that Obama pledged to donate to the Philippines during his visit to Manila in November last year to attend the APEC Informal Leaders' Meeting.
Lincuna said the Philippine Navy sent a 30-soldier team to a U.S. naval base in San Diego, California in March to man the vessel in its voyage to the Philippines.
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