Texas on 5 April, was decommissioned there by Lt (Jg) John Redmond on 7 June 1946, and placed in the Texas Group, United States Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Shelter received six battle stars for service in World War II. While she remained in reserve, her hull classification was changed from AM-301 to MSF-301 on 7 February 1955. The ship remained in reserve until 15 July 1963 when she commenced conversion to a patrol and escort craft in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. She was struck from the Navy List on 1 August 1963 and was transferred on loan to the government of South Vietnam on 24 January 1964, under terms of the Military Assistance Program. Republic of Vietnam Navy service On 24 January 1964, the former Shelter was transferred to South Vietnam. She served in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Chi Linh (HQ-11). After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, she was one of several ships that escaped to the Philippines and were later commissioned into the Philippine Navy. Philippine Navy service Renamed RPS Datu Tupas (PS-18) in honor of Datu Tupas, a chieftain of Cebu, the vessel was commissioned into the Philippine Navy on 5 April 1976. She was classified by the Philippine Navy as a , which incorporated members of three different U.S. Navy ship classes, all of which were based on the same hull design. Magat Salamat differed slightly from other ships of the Migual Malvar class because of minor structural differences from her original construction and weapons complement. The ship's fate is not reported in secondary sources. If she remained in commission beyond July 1980, when the Philippine Navy changed their ship prefix from RPS to BRP, the ship would have become BRP Datu Tupas at that time. Gallery Notes References External links Janes Fighting Ships of Vietnam Admirable-class minesweepers Ships built in Winslow, Washington 1943 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States Admirable-class minesweepers of the Republic of Vietnam Navy Vietnam War naval ships of South Vietnam Admirable-class minesweepers of the Philippine Navy Miguel Malvar-class corvettes