BNS Somudra Joy
Somudra Joy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2013 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | BNS SJ |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 & 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 |
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BNS Somudra Joy 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.