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| Thursday, 13 March 2003 |
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US grants ship to SL Navy The United States Government will grant a medium endurance class 210 foot cutter- USCGC Courageous- to the Sri Lankan Navy under the Excess Defence Articles Programme of the US government, subject to the Congress approval. The 150 million dollar vessel with a 6,100 mile range will be a grant from the US government. Sri Lanka has to bear the refurbishment costs. The Courageous built at the American Shipyards in Lorain, Ohio was commissioned on 19 April 1968 by the US Coast Guard. She was initially homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico and engaged in search, rescue and law enforcement patrols. The vessel is armed with one Mk 22 3-inch/50 gun, two 81mm mortars, two M2HB.50 caliber Browning machine guns, one Mk 38 25mm machine gun and two M-2HB.50 caliber machine gun. She is designed to incorporate additional armament at a national emergency: one anti submarine projector, two torpedo launchers, two depth charge track, additional 3 inch gun, six .50 caliber machine gun and SqS-17 or SqS-36 sonar. She has two radars. |
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