Lanong
Sign in to savethumb|1890 illustration by Rafael Monleón of a late 19th-century Iranun lanong warship with three banks of oars under full sail thumb|Sketch of a lanong used by Sulu pirates with a boarding platform () Lanong were large outrigger warships used by the Iranun and the Banguingui people of the Philippines. They could reach up to in length and had two biped shear masts which doubled as boarding ladders. They also had one to three banks of oars rowed by galley slaves. They were specialized for naval battles. They were prominently used for piracy and slave raids from the mid-18th century to the early
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thumb|1890 illustration by Rafael Monleón of a late 19th-century Iranun lanong warship with three banks of oars under full sail thumb|Sketch of a lanong used by Sulu pirates with a boarding platform () Lanong were large outrigger warships used by the Iranun and the Banguingui people of the Philippines. They could reach up to in length and had two biped shear masts which doubled as boarding ladders. They also had one to three banks of oars rowed by galley slaves. They were specialized for naval battles. They were prominently used for piracy and slave raids from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century in most of Southeast Asia. The name lanong is derived from Lanun, an exonym of the Iranun people.
Like the karakoa, large lanong were also known by the Spanish as joanga or juanga (Spanish for "junk"), a name which was also applied to other large ships in Southeast Asia.