SLNS Samudura
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 SLNS Samudura (P-621) |
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| Career (SLN) |  |
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| Builder: | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
| Laid down: | 14 March 1966 |
| Launched: | 18 March 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 2005 |
| Homeport: | SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee |
| Fate: | Active |
| Notes: | Donated on June 24, 2004. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 759 tons |
| Length: | 210 ft 6 in (64.2 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines |
| Speed: | max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range |
| Range: | cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 63 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
2 x AN/SPS-64 |
| Armament: | 1 x Mk 38 25mm machine gun 2 x M2HB .50 caliber machine gun, additional weapon systems added. |
| Aircraft carried: | HH-65 Dolphin |
SLNS Samudura (P-621) (Samudura, in Sinhalese: Sea) is an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy. Formerly the USCGC Courageous of the United States Coast Guard, the medium endurance cutter was donated to Sri Lanka on June 24, 2004.
[edit] Operations
Samudura is tasked with deep sea patrolling both within the Sri Lankan territorial waters and in international waters to curb ongoing arms smuggling by the LTTE. In recent months Samudura, along with other OPVs of the Sri Lankan Navy, has been able to successfully intercept several ships smuggling arms for the LTTE. In all these cases the ships were sunk when they attacked the naval vessels with mortars.
[edit] USCGC Courageous
USCGC Courageous (WMEC-622) was a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She was built by the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio and launched on 18 March 1967. She commissioned on 19 April 1968. She was decommissioned 19 September 2001. The United States Coast Guard donated Courageous to Sri Lanka on June 24, 2004 and a departure ceremony was held February 19, 2005.[1]
The First Sri Lankan Captain on the vessel was Captain Sirimevan Ranasinghe WWV RWP
[edit] External links
- Sri Lanka Navy
- Courageous USCG history page
- Defenders of the ocean receive heroes’ welcome on their triumphant return to home base
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