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Visayan Navy Register

The Visayan Navy Register is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the Visayan Confederation Navy. It contains information on ships and service craft that make up the official inventory of the Navy from the time a vessel is authorized through its life cycle and disposal.

The Register fulfills an important function in international law that requires warships to be commanded by a commissioned officer whose name appears in the appropriate service list.

All commissioned ships of the Visayan Confederation Navy use the prefix VCS (Visayan Confederation Ship), and use American hull classification symbols.

Frigates

During the Philippine Civil War the nascent Free Visayan Navy started with a flotilla of several warships; the vast majority of these ships were crewed by defectors to the Free Visayan Republic. Frigates were the largest surface combatants the Republic had in their time, before years of modernization transformed what is now the Visayan Confederation Navy into a blue-water power.

Visayan frigates use the hull classification symbols FF and FFG. Beginning with VCS Aquila, frigates are named after constellations.

    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. FF-1 - VCS Don Carlos Humabon (formerly BRP/FVS Rajah Humabon) - Cannon-class DE/Datu Kalantiaw-class FF - Active (1988-present)

  2. FF-2 - VCS Datu Sikatuna (formerly BRP/FVS Datu Sikatuna) - Cannon-class DE/Datu Kalantiaw-class FF - Active (1988-present)

  3. FFG-3 - VCS Aquila - Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG - Retired (1990-2003)

  4. FFG-4 - VCS Columba - Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG - Retired (1991-2004)

  5. FFG-5 - VCS Fornax - Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG - Retired (1991-2005)

  6. FFG-6 - VCS Pegasus - Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG - Retired (1992-2004)

  7. FFG-7 - VCS Tucana - Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG - Retired (1992-2006)

  8. FFG-8 - VCS Pyxis - Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG - Retired (1993-2004)

  9. FFG-9 - VCS Lyra - Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG - Retired (1993-2007)

  10. FFG-10 - VCS Cygnus - Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG - Retired (1993-2005)

  11. FFG-11 - VCS Sagitta - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2003-present)

  12. FFG-12 - VCS Scutum - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2003-present)

  13. FFG-13 - VCS Norma - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2004-present)

  14. FFG-14 - VCS Hydra - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2004-present)

  15. FFG-15 - VCS Corvus - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2005-present)

  16. FFG-16 - VCS Auriga - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2005-present)

  17. FFG-17 - VCS Andromeda - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2006-present)

  18. FFG-18 - VCS Aquila - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2006-present)

  19. FFG-19 - VCS Lyra - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2006-present)

  20. FFG-20 - VCS Cygnus - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  21. FFG-21 - VCS Ara - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  22. FFG-22 - VCS Carina - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  23. FFG-23 - VCS Dorado - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  24. FFG-24 - VCS Lupus - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  25. FFG-25 - VCS Musca - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  26. FFG-26 - VCS Columba - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  27. FFG-27 - VCS Fornax - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  28. FFG-28 - VCS Pegasus - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  29. FFG-29 - VCS Tucana - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  30. FFG-30 - VCS Pyxis - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2008-present)

  31. FFG-31 - VCS Draco - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2018-present)

  32. FFG-32 - VCS Indus - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2018-present)

  33. FFG-33 - VCS Lepus - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2018-present)

  34. FFG-34 - VCS Lynx - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2018-present)

  35. FFG-35 - VCS Pavo - Álvaro de Bazán-class FFG - Active (2018-present)

While the two Cannon-class destroyer escorts are still commissioned, they do not count toward Navy force levels, instead serving as ceremonial flagships; VCS Don Carlos Humabon serves as the ceremonial flagship of the Department of Defense, while VCS Datu Sikatuna serves as the ceremonial flagship of the entire Visayan Confederation Navy.

Destroyers

In 1994, the Confederation began building destroyers as a means of transitioning into a blue-water naval power. As destroyers were being built, crews from the frigates that served as the Visayan mainstay eventually took to these new ships; before long, destroyers supplanted frigates as the backbone of the Confederation Navy.

Visayan destroyers use the hull classification symbols DD and DDG; however, every ship commissioned in Visayan service was a guided missile destroyer. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are named after saints, while Zumwalt-class destroyers are named after prominent Visayans in 20th Century Philippine history.

    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. DDG-1 - VCS St. Matthew - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1996-present)

  2. DDG-2 - VCS St. Mark - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1996-present)

  3. DDG-3 - VCS St. Luke - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1996-present)

  4. DDG-4 - VCS St. John - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1996-present)

  5. DDG-5 - VCS St. Paul - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1997-present)

  6. DDG-6 - VCS St. Peter - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1997-present)

  7. DDG-7 - VCS St. James the Great - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1997-present)

  8. DDG-8 - VCS San Carlos Borromeo - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1998-present)

  9. DDG-9 - VCS San Lorenzo Ruiz - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1998-present)

  10. DDG-10 - VCS St. Francis of Assisi - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1998-present)

  11. DDG-11 - VCS St. Andrew - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1999-present)

  12. DDG-12 - VCS San Francisco Javier - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (1999-present)

  13. DDG-13 - VCS San Sebastian - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2000-present)

  14. DDG-14 - VCS St. Stephen Protomartyr - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2000-present)

  15. DDG-15 - VCS St. Denis - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2000-present)

  16. DDG-16 - VCS St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2005-present)

  17. DDG-17 - VCS St. Therese of the Child Jesus - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2006-present)

  18. DDG-18 - VCS San Juan Diego - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2006-present)

  19. DDG-19 - VCS St. Thomas Aquinas - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2006-present)

  20. DDG-20 - VCS St. Augustine of Hippo - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2008-present)

  21. DDG-21 - VCS St. Philip Neri - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2008-present)

  22. DDG-22 - VCS San Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2009-present)

  23. DDG-23 - VCS St. Edith Stein - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2010-present)

  24. DDG-24 - VCS San Juan Bautista - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2012-present)

  25. DDG-25 - VCS St. Michael the Archangel - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2014-present)

  26. DDG-26 - VCS Don Sergio Osmeña Sr. - Zumwalt-class DDG - Active (2016-present)

  27. DDG-27 - VCS Carlos P. Garcia - Zumwalt-class DDG - Active (2016-present)

  28. DDG-28 - VCS Manuel Roxas y Acuña - Zumwalt-class DDG - Active (2017-present)

  29. DDG-29 - VCS Don Mariano Jesus Cuenco - Zumwalt-class DDG - Active (2017-present)

  30. DDG-30 - VCS José Dira Avelino - Zumwalt-class DDG - Active (2017-present)

  31. DDG-31 - VCS St. Raphael the Archangel - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2018-present)

  32. DDG-32 - VCS St. Gabriel the Archangel - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2018-present)

  33. DDG-33 - VCS San Pedro Calungsod - Arleigh Burke-class DDG - Active (2018-present)

  34. DDG-34 - VCS Ginaw Bilog - Zumwalt-class DDG - Active (2018-present)

  35. DDG-35 - VCS Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido - Zumwalt-class DDG - Active (2018-present)

Cruisers

In 1998, the Confederation began building cruisers as a means of transitioning into a blue-water naval power. As cruisers were being built, crews from the destroyers that served as the Visayan backbone eventually took to these new ships; before long, cruisers became the capital ships of the Confederation Navy before being supplanted by amphibious assault ships in 2007 and aircraft carriers in 2011.

Visayan cruisers use the hull classification symbols CG or CGN; Ticonderoga-class cruisers are named after prominent people in pre-20th Century Visayan history, only few of whom lived to see the 20th Century, while Maighdean-class cruisers are named after the Founding Fathers and Mothers of the Confederation.

    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. CG-1 - VCS Graciano López Jaena - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2002-present)

  2. CG-2 - VCS Gen. Inocencio Junquera - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2002-present)

  3. CG-3 - VCS Ángelo Fernández - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2002-present)

  4. CG-4 - VCS Nicholas Loney - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2003-present)

  5. CG-5 - VCS Gen. Francisco del Castillo - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2004-present)

  6. CG-6 - VCS Pantaleón Villegas y Soldi - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2004-present)

  7. CG-7 - VCS Gabriel Lázaro de Mangubat - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2005-present)

  8. CG-8 - VCS Francisco Dagohoy - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2005-present)

  9. CG-9 - VCS Tamblot - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2007-present)

  10. CG-10 - VCS Agustín Montilla y Orendáin - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2008-present)

  11. CG-11 - VCS Ponciano Elofre - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2008-present)

  12. CG-12 - VCS Agustín Sumuroy - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2009-present)

  13. CG-13 - VCS Tomas Briones - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2009-present)

  14. CG-14 - VCS Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2010-present)

  15. CG-15 - VCS Candido Iban - Ticonderoga-class CG - Active (2010-present)

  16. CGN-16 - VCS Dominador Ventura - Maighdean-class CGN - Active (2022-present)

  17. CGN-17 - VCS Karen Santiago - Maighdean-class CGN - Active (2022-present)

  18. CGN-18 - VCS Francisco Castañeda - Maighdean-class CGN - Active (2022-present)

  19. CGN-19 - VCS Erwin Eleazar Castañares II - Maighdean-class CGN - Active (2022-present)

  20. CGN-20 - VCS Josephine Caña - Maighdean-class CGN - Active (2022-present)

Amphibious Warfare Ships

In 2000, the Confederation began building various amphibious warfare ships to replace obsolete ones and augment the amphibious warfare capabilities of the Visayan Armed Forces. As ships were being built, crews from obsolete ships were transferred to new ones, and obsolete ships sold off for scrap, sunk to form artificial reefs, or in a few cases converted to museums.

2002 saw the Confederation's first foray into naval aviation; the first Wasp-class amphibious assault ship in Visayan service was laid down in 2003, launched in 2005, and commissioned in 2007 with a complement of 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft and 6 MH-60R Seahawks.

Visayan amphibious warfare ships use hull classification symbols befitting their role:

  • Wasp-class multipurpose amphibious assault ships use the hull classification symbol LHD and are named after provincial capitals.

  • San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks use the hull classification symbol LPD and are named after towns.

  • Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ships use the hull classification symbol LSD and are named after extant and historical city districts.

  • Blue Ridge-class command ships use the hull classification symbol LCC and are named after memorable typhoons.

    Amphibious Assault Ship
    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. LHD-1 - VCS Cebu City - Wasp-class LHD - Active (2007-present)

  2. LHD-2 - VCS Tagbilaran City - Wasp-class LHD - Active (2009-present)

  3. LHD-3 - VCS Toledo City - Wasp-class LHD - Active (2010-present)

  4. LHD-4 - VCS Dumaguete City - Wasp-class LHD - Active (2010-present)

  5. LHD-5 - VCS Tacloban City - Wasp-class LHD - Active (2012-present)

  6. LHD-6 - VCS Iloilo City - Wasp-class LHD - Active (2012-present)

    Amphibious Transport Dock
    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. LPD-1 - VCS Cordova - San Antonio-class LPD - Active (2007-present)

  2. LPD-2 - VCS Coron - San Antonio-class LPD - Active (2009-present)

  3. LPD-3 - VCS Panglao - San Antonio-class LPD - Active (2010-present)

  4. LPD-4 - VCS Sablayan - San Antonio-class LPD - Active (2010-present)

  5. LPD-5 - VCS Malay - San Antonio-class LPD - Active (2012-present)

  6. LPD-6 - VCS Palo - San Antonio-class LPD - Active (2012-present)

    Dock landing Ship
    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. LSD-1 - VCS Jaro de Iloilo - Harpers Ferry-class LSD - Active (2007-present)

  2. LSD-2 - VCS La Paz de Iloilo - Harpers Ferry-class LSD - Active (2008-present)

  3. LSD-3 - VCS Ermita de Cebu - Harpers Ferry-class LSD - Active (2008-present)

  4. LSD-4 - VCS Cogon de Tagbilaran - Harpers Ferry-class LSD - Active (2009-present)

  5. LSD-5 - VCS Marasbaras de Tacloban - Harpers Ferry-class LSD - Active (2010-present)

  6. LSD-6 - VCS Pardo de Cebu - Harpers Ferry-class LSD - Active (2010-present)

    Amphibious Command Ship
    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. LCC-1 - VCS Typhoon Mike - Blue Ridge-class LCC - Active (2011-present)

  2. LCC-2 - VCS Typhoon Haiyan - Blue Ridge-class LCC - Active (2014-present)

Aircraft Carriers

In 2005, the Confederation began building aircraft carriers to further improve force projection capabilities, shaking the Philippine Islands when the first Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, VCS Kali Pulako, was commissioned in 2011 with a full carrier air wing.

Visayan aircraft carriers, regardless of class, are named after precolonial and first contact persons, and use the hull classification symbols CV and CVN; however, as all of the Confederation's aircraft carriers are nuclear powered, there are currently no ships with the hull classification symbol CV in Visayan service.

    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. CVN-1 - VCS Kali Pulako - Nimitz-class CVN - Active (2011-present)

  2. CVN-2 - VCS Fernão de Magalhães - Nimitz-class CVN - Active (2012-present)

  3. CVN-3 - VCS Rajah Humabon - Nimitz-class CVN - Active (2014-present)

  4. CVN-4 - VCS Antonio Pigafetta - Gerald R. Ford-class CVN - Active (2017-present)

Each aircraft carrier has a matching Carrier Air Wing assigned to it.

Submarines

In 2002, the Confederation began building submarines to augment its subsurface capabilities after analysis from the College of Naval Warfare indicated deficiencies in aforementioned capabilities. The first submarines in Visayan service were commissioned in 2009, all of which used air-independent propulsion; it would not be until 2012 that the first nuclear-powered submarines in Visayan service were commissioned.

Submarines carried a strategic use as well; the first missile submarines in Visayan service were commissioned in 2015. Eight Ohio-class submarines are in Visayan service, four as guided missile submarines carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles and four as ballistic missile submarines carrying the Trident II SLBM.

Visayan attack submarines, regardless of class, are named after stars, and use the hull classification symbols SSP or SSN. The Ohio-class submarines in Visayan service are named after provinces, regardless of role, and use the hull classification symbols SSGN for even-numbered boats and SSBN for odd-numbered boats.

    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. SSP-1 - VCS Aldebaran - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2009-present)

  2. SSP-2 - VCS Altair - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2009-present)

  3. SSP-3 - VCS Deneb - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2010-present)

  4. SSP-4 - VCS Vega - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2010-present)

  5. SSP-5 - VCS Betelgeuse - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2011-present)

  6. SSP-6 - VCS Alphard - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2011-present)

  7. SSN-7 - VCS Taygeta - Virginia-class SSN - Active (2012-present)

  8. SSN-8 - VCS Sirius - Virginia-class SSN - Active (2012-present)

  9. SSP-9 - VCS Fafnir - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2013-present)

  10. SSP-10 - VCS Jabbah - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2013-present)

  11. SSN-11 - VCS Maia - Virginia-class SSN - Active (2014-present)

  12. SSN-12 - VCS Electra - Virginia-class SSN - Active (2014-present)

  13. SSP-13 - VCS Ginian - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2015-present)

  14. SSP-14 - VCS Gacrux - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2015-present)

  15. SSP-15 - VCS Denebola - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2015-present)

  16. SSP-16 - VCS Vindemiatrix - Type 212-class SSP - Active (2015-present)

  17. SSN-17 - VCS Tejat - Virginia-class SSN - Active (2016-present)

  18. SSN-18 - VCS Wurren - Virginia-class SSN - Active (2016-present)

  19. SSN-19 - VCS Zaurak - Virginia-class SSN - Active (2016-present)

  20. SSN-20 - VCS Schedar - Virginia-class SSN - Active (2017-present)

    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. SSBN-1 - VCS Palawan - Ohio-class SSBN - Active (2015-present)

  2. SSGN-2 - VCS Negros - Ohio-class SSGN - Active (2015-present)

  3. SSBN-3 - VCS Leyte - Ohio-class SSBN - Active (2015-present)

  4. SSGN-4 - VCS Mindoro - Ohio-class SSGN - Active (2016-present)

  5. SSBN-5 - VCS Cebu - Ohio-class SSBN - Active (2016-present)

  6. SSGN-6 - VCS Bohol - Ohio-class SSGN - Active (2016-present)

  7. SSBN-7 - VCS Samar - Ohio-class SSBN - Active (2017-present)

  8. SSGN-8 - VCS Panay - Ohio-class SSGN - Active (2017-present)

Mine Warfare Vessels

In 1997, the Confederation began building mine warfare vessels to augment its capabilities after analysis from the College of Naval Warfare indicated deficiencies in aforementioned capabilities. The first mine warfare ships in Visayan service were commissioned in 2000.

Visayan mine warfare ships use the hull classification symbols MCM; Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships are named after the numbered Sephiroth of the Qabalah.

    Hull Number - Name - Class - Status

  1. MCM-1 - VCS Kether - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2000-present)

  2. MCM-2 - VCS Chokhmah - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2000-present)

  3. MCM-3 - VCS Binah - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2002-present)

  4. MCM-4 - VCS Chesed - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2002-present)

  5. MCM-5 - VCS Geburah - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2003-present)

  6. MCM-6 - VCS Tiphareth - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2004-present)

  7. MCM-7 - VCS Netzach - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2004-present)

  8. MCM-8 - VCS Hod - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2006-present)

  9. MCM-9 - VCS Yesod - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2006-present)

  10. MCM-10 - VCS Malkuth - Avenger-class MCM - Active (2006-present)

Auxiliaries

Auxiliaries warrant a separate entry, located here.

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