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PF-107

PF-107 served only in the Royal Thailand Navy

Tapi call sign:
Hotel - Sierra - Victor - Charlie

PF-103 Class Frigate:

Laid down 1 April 1970 as PF-107 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, OH

Launched 1 November 1971

Transferred to the Royal Thailand Navy and named HTMS Tapi (PF 5)

Named for the Tapi (or Tapee) river, the longest river in southern Thailand. The river originates at Khao Luang mountain in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, and empties into the Gulf of Thailand at Bandon Bay near the town of Surat Thani. It has a length of 230 kilometers (140 mi)

Reclassified PF-431

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 1,172 t.

Length 275'

Beam 33'

Draft 10'

Speed 20 kts.

Complement 140

Armament: One 76mm mount, one 40mm mount, two 20mm mounts, two 12.7mm machine guns, two triple 12.75" torpedo tubes and one depth charge track

Propulsion: Two 2,650hp diesel engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
HTMS Tapi (PF 5)
	134k		Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
	82k		Tommy Trampp Photo added 9 September 2019
HTMS Tapi (PF 431)
	49k	Royal Thai Navy photo	Joe Radigan
	213k		Tommy Trampp Photo added 9 September 2019
	131k	Tapi photographed after 1983 modernization, with new 76mm Oto Melara Gun Forward, a Bofors 40mm AFT, and a Dutch WM25 fire control system Courtesy of Mr. G. Jacobs, 1990 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 102382	Mike Green
	82k	Tapi showing detail view of the after part of the ship, photographed after completion of a 1983 modernization Courtesy of Mr. G. Jacobs, 1990 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 102383
	116k	Tapi showing detail view of the ship's superstructure, photographed after a 1983 modernization. The white spherical radome houses the antenna for the newly-installed WM25 fire control system radar Courtesy of Mr. G. Jacobs, 1990 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 102384
	97k	PF-431	Robert Hurst
	145k	14 January 2006 Undergoing repairs at Phachunlachomklao Naval Dockyard	NyeNAVA
	169k	12 January 2008 Phachunlachomklao Naval Dockyard HTMS Kirirat (PF 432) and Tapi	NyeNAVA
	160k	12 January 2008 Phachunlachomklao Naval Dockyard Kirirat and Tapi with flags flown at half staff, mourning HRH Princess Kalyanlwattaha, the King's elder sister who died 2 January 2008	NyeNAVA

There is no DANFS history currently available for PF-107

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