page_title: BRP Diego Silang (PF-9)
section_title: Construction and United States Navy service 1944-1946
hierarchical_section_title: BRP Diego Silang (PF-9) / History / Construction and United States Navy service 1944-1946
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Navy seaplane tender USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
context_page_description: BRP Diego Silang (PF-9) was an Andrés Bonifacio-class frigate of the Philippine Navy in commission from 1976 to 1990. She and her three sister ships were the largest Philippine Navy ships of their time.
context_section_description: Diego Silang was built in the United States by Lake Washington Shipyard at Houghton, Washington, as the United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender USS Bering Strait (AVP-34). Commissioned in July 1944, Bering Strait served in the Central Pacific during World War II and on occupation duty in Japan postwar. She was decommissioned in June 1946 and placed in reserve.
caption: USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) circa 1944
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