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BNS Somudra Avijan moored at USCG Alameda station
History
BNS Somudra AvijanBangladesh
NameSomudra Avijan
BuilderAvondale Shipyards
Launched16 November 1968
Acquired5 May 2015
Commissioned19 March 2016
HomeportChattogram
Identification
  • MMSI number: 405000189
  • Pennant number: F29
Nickname(s)BNS SA
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeHamilton-class cutter/ patrol frigate
Displacement3,250 t
Length378 ft (115 m)
Beam43 ft (13 m)
Draught15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
  • CODOG:
  • 2 × FM diesel engines
  • 2 × PW gas turbines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi)
Endurance45 days
Complement178 (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
Armament1 × OTO Melara 76 mm (3 in) gun
Aircraft carried1 × Hangar

BNS Somudra Avijan is one of the two largest ships of the Bangladesh Navy along with her sister ship BNS Somudra Joy. Although originally a high endurance cutter the Bangladesh Navy reclassified the ship as a frigate. The Bangladesh Navy acquired the ship from the United States under Excess Defense Articles.[1]

  1. ^ 131107-N-WX059-125. United States Navy. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

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