BRP Quezon

	BRP Quezon (PS-70)
History
United States
Name	Vigilance
Ordered	1942
Builder	Associated Shipbuilders
Laid down	28 November 1942 as HMS Exploit (BAM-24)
Launched	5 April 1943
Commissioned	28 February 1944
Decommissioned	30 January 1947
Stricken	1 December 1966
Fate	Transferred to Philippine Navy in 1967.
Philippines
Name	Quezon
Namesake	Province of Quezon in Luzon Island
Operator	Philippine Navy
Commissioned	19 August 1967
Decommissioned	01 March 2021
Status	Retired
General characteristics
Class & type	Rizal-class patrol corvette
Displacement	890 tons standard, 1,250 tons full load
Length	221.67 ft (67.57 m)
Beam	32.67 ft (9.96 m)
Draft	10.75 ft (3.28 m)
Installed power	5,800 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 × EMD 16V-645C Diesel Engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (maximum)
Range	5,000 mi (4,300 nmi; 8,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	80
Sensors &; processing systems	Raytheon SPS-5C G/H-band Surface Search Radar; Raytheon SPS-64(V)11 Radar; DAS 3 I-band Navigation Radar; SQS-17B hull-mounted Sonar (high frequency); Mk52 GFCS for 3"/50 guns; Mk51 GFCS for 40 mm guns;
Armament	2 × 3"/50 caliber gun Mk.22 dual purpose guns; 2 × Mk.1 Mod2 Twin 60-caliber Bofors 40 mm gun; 2 × Twin Oerlikon 20 mm 70-caliber guns; 4 × M2 Browning 12.7 mm 50-caliber heavy machine guns;

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.

Along with other ex-World War II veteran ships of the Philippine Navy, she was considered one of the oldest active fighting ships in the world, up until its decommissioning on 1 March 2021 after serving a total of 77 years, of which 53 years were with the Philippine Navy.