The Navy of Thailand’s government has announced the retirement of four veteran ships, including legendary ships HTMS Pinklao – which is recognized as The oldest big warship in the world that is still operating active.
The decision was taken because the condition of the ship was very worn and high maintenance costs, which were no longer feasible for sustainable operations. The retirement of this ship officially valid October 1.
This ship was originally built during World War II with the name USS inhibitions (De-746)and designed to escort the British convoy against German submarine attacks in the Atlantic Ocean. Then this ship was moved to the Pacific Operations Theater, where it acts as an anti-submarine warship equipped with Sonar and Torpedo.
On July 22, 1959the destroyer was officially transferred to The Navy of Thailand’s government in the New York Navy shipyard, and was given a new name HTMS Pinklao to respect Raja Rama IV.
For more than six decades, this ship played an important role as Training and Education Ship For cadets and non -commissioned officers, as well as participating in joint exercises with international forces. According to the official Pinklao HTMS page on Facebook, one of the most symbolic missions of this ship is to be part of the Honor of the Government Boat Of I’m away In Hua Hin – the residence of the deceased Raja Rama IX – which is often photographed with the ship during the honorary ceremony.
With the retirement of this ship, the world said goodbye to the true naval icon that had crossed generations and witnessed the changes in big geopolitics since the post -deprangan era.
In addition to HTMS Research, ship HTMS Pupk, HTMS SamuiAnd Htms suriya also retired.
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