Somudra Joy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2013
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History | |
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Bangladesh | |
Name | Somudra Joy |
Builder | Avondale Shipyards |
Laid down | 9 September 1970 |
Launched | 24 April 1971 |
Acquired | 23 May 2013 |
Commissioned | 23 December 2013 |
Homeport | Chattogram |
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Nickname(s) | BNS SJ |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hamilton-class cutter/ patrol frigate |
Displacement | 3,250 tones |
Length | 378 ft (115.2 m) |
Beam | 43 ft (13.1 m) |
Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) (4.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Range | 16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) |
Endurance | 45 days |
Complement | 178 (21 officers and 157 enlisted) |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPS-40 air-search radar, MK 92 FCS |
Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × Mark 36 SRBOC |
Armament | 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm main gun, forward |
Aircraft carried | 1 × hangar |
BNS Somudra Joy[1][note 1] is one of the two largest ships of the Bangladesh Navy along with her sister ship BNS Somudra Avijan. Although originally a high endurance cutter the Bangladesh Navy reclassified the ship as a frigate. They acquired the ship from the United States under Excess Defense Articles. Currently she is being used as a training ship for naval cadets.
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