RMS Olympic Ismay had previously planned to build a ship named "Olympic" as a sister ship to . The senior Ismay died in 1899 and the order for the ship was cancelled. Construction of "Olympic" began three months before "Titanic" to ease pressures on the shipyard. Several years would pass before "Britannic" would be launched. In order to accommodate the construction of the class, Harland and Wolff upgraded their facility in Belfast; the most dramatic change was the combining of three slipways into two larger ones. "Olympic" and "Titanic" were constructed side by side. "Olympic"s keel was laid on 16 December 1908
Bacolod City-class logistics support vessel Bacolod City-class logistics support vessel The "Bacolod City" class is a ship class of two Logistics Support Vessels currently in service of the Philippine Navy, commissioned during the early 1990s. These ships were based on a helicopter capable variant of the United States Army's "General Frank S. Besson, Jr." class Logistics Support Vessel. The two "Bacolod City" class ships were built by Halter/Moss Point Marine of Escatawpa, Mississippi in the United States. The first unit, was commissioned into Philippine Navy in December 1993, while sister ship was commissioned in April 1994. Both ships were purchased brand-new by the Philippine government