| BNS Somudra Avijan | |
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| Career (Bangladesh) |  |
| Name: | Somudra Avijan |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards |
| Launched: | 16 November 1968 |
| Acquired: | 5 May 2015 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F29 |
| Nickname: | BNS SA |
| Status: | In Sea Trial |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Hamilton-class cutter (Modified) |
| Displacement: | 3250 tones |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: |
CODOG: 2 × FM diesel engines 2 × PW gas turbines |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Range: | 16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) |
| Endurance: | 45 days |
| Complement: | 178 personnel (21 officers and 157 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-40 air-search radar, MK 92 FCS |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 x Hangar |
BNS Somudra Avijan (F29) is one of the largest and the heaviest frigates of the Bangladesh Navy. The Bangladesh Navy acquired the ship from the United States under Excess Defense Articles.[1]
History[]
From 1969 to 2015 the ship was known as USCGC Rush and served the US Coast Guard as a high endurance cutter. She was decommissioned on 3 February 2015 and was acquired by the Bangladesh under the Foreign Assistance Act as a Excess Defense Article. She was officially handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 5 May 2015.[2]
Future plans[]
The Bangladesh Navy plans to further upgrade the vessel's combat capability with the installation of modern C-802A AShM, FL-3000 or FM-90N SAM, Whitehead torpedoes and AW-109ZN or Z-9C ASW helicopter on board. After refit, this frigate will be one of the most powerful frigates of the Bangladesh Navy.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "131107-N-WX059-125". United States Navy. 7 November 2013. http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=164812. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "US hands over second naval ship to Bangladesh". navaltoday.com. 7 May 2015. http://navaltoday.com/2015/05/07/former-uscgc-rush-joins-bangladesh-navy/. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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