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BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15) is a Philippine Navy frigate and the lead ship of her class. She was the second ship of the Philippine Navy to be named after Gregorio del Pilar, a Filipino revolutionary general known for his role at the Battle of Tirad Pass.[4]

From 1967-2011 the ship was a United States Coast Guard high-endurance Hamilton-class cutter named the USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715). The U.S. decommissioned the cutter on March 28, 2011 and the Philippines acquired it under the Excess Defense Articles and the Foreign Assistance Act[5] and is one of several ex-US Coast Guard Hamilton-class cutters to serve the Philippine Navy.[6]