The 'Princess', with a displacement of 3,600 tons, a length of 115 meters, a width of 13 meters, and a draft of 5 meters, is an old ship produced in the 1960s by America, having served long-term in the American Coast Guard...
Though the Hamilton-class patrol ship is particularly aged, its hull strength, propulsion system, and electronic systems are not too poor.
In 2013, America reportedly gifted two Hamilton-class patrol ships to the Philippines, but in reality, the butchered patrol ships cost the Philippines nearly 200 million US Dollars to get them operational again.
Even so, the Philippines promptly appointed one of them as its navy's flagship.
Whereas Joe Ga spent only 45 million US Dollars, and signed a document requiring the American Trade Department's approval for a second transfer, securing this basically unbutchered decommissioned vessel.
Later, Joe Ga sent the ship to Italy, spending nearly 60 million US Dollars to complete the final modifications of this old vessel.
