PSS Kedam on 19 December 2017
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History | |
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Palau | |
Name | PSS Kedam |
Namesake | Great Frigate Bird of Palau |
Builder | Kegoya Dock, Kure, Japan |
Laid down | 22 June 2017 |
Launched | 13 September 2017 |
Christened | 18 September 2017 |
Commissioned | 13 February 2018 |
Identification |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 257 t |
Length | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | Diesel engine output: 2 × 1,330 kW (1,790 shp) |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) maximum |
Range | 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi) |
Endurance | 10 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × RHIB work boat |
Complement | 21 |
PSS Kedam is a 40-metre (130 ft) patrol boat, donated by the Nippon Foundation and Sasakawa Peace Foundation to Palau, to help it patrol its exclusive economic zone.[1][2]