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BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) is an LST-542 -class tank landing ship that is an active duty [2] commissioned vessel under the Philippine Navy. [3][4] Originally known as USS LST-821, it was renamed to USS Harnett County (LST-821/AGP-281), built for the United States Navy during World War II.
5 days ago · The BRP Sierra Madre has played a prominent role in the Philippines' determination to hold strong to its boundaries. The crumbling World War II-era former US navy vessel stands defiantly on one of ...
Aug 9, 2023 · The BRP Sierra Madre, while no longer seaworthy, remains in commission and so technically an extension of Philippines sovereign territory. On the weekend, China's coast guard fired a water cannon at Philippine vessels trying to deliver supplies to the troops, prompting an outraged response from Manila.
Aug 8, 2023 · The Philippine military deliberately grounded the BRP Sierra Madre on Second Thomas Shoal in the late 1990s in an effort to check the advance of China in the hotly contested waters.
Nov 18, 2023 · The BRP Sierra Madre has served three countries over seven decades and now stands as one of the last defenses against an encroaching Chinese Navy.
On 9 May 1997, the Philippine Navy's dilapidated tank landing ship BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) ran aground on a reef near the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. She was stranded, and it was certain the ship could not be removed under her own power.
Aug 8, 2023 · For the Philippines, the ship called BRP Sierra Madre is a commissioned naval vessel and is a “permanent” government installation within its territory. The Department of Foreign Affairs has said...
Aug 23, 2023 · CNN — The Philippines on Tuesday said it had successfully delivered supplies to marines aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated military outpost in the contested South China Sea, despite...
Nov 11, 2023 · On Friday, a reporter for The New York Times was among a group given rare access to a Philippine resupply mission, first boarding a Coast Guard ship — the BRP Cabra — and then an inflatable...
Apr 26, 2024 · The BRP Sierra Madre, which has remained on Second Thomas Shoal ever since, has now become the epicenter of escalating tensions between the Philippines and China — and a singular trip wire that...
