My original — more serious — suggestion was to give them to the Philippine Navy, but many FReepers told me they are mechanically defective and require more maintenance than they are worth.
But seems to me that a navy could find a way to cannibalize the working parts and put them into one or two serviceable ships.
“My original — more serious — suggestion was to give them to the Philippine Navy...”
I think a better option would be to give them to the Vietnamese Navy. But, either way, it’s better than scrapping them.
They would require being re-engined totally, like with reliable marine diesels - yielding a slow ship (20 knots?). At that point they are just hulls, that werent designed for such parameters, requiring expensive upgrades just to function.
If they were given to anyone, moreover, they wouldnt come with useful armaments and sensor systems, because they werent really in service with such in the USN. Some surplus Coast Guard cutters would be more useful.