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GAJABAHU frigate (1968/2018)

Gajabahu 2019

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ගජබාහු [Gajabahu] (ex-Sherman) P626 1138 Avondale SY, Westwego, USA 13.2.1967 23.9.1967 23.8.1968 // 27.8.2018 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

2716

Displacement full, t

3050

Length, m

106.7 wl 115.4 oa

Breadth, m

13.1

Draught, m

6.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 Fairbank Morse 38TD81/8 diesels / 2 Pratt & Whitney FT4A6 gas turbines

Power, h. p.

7000 / 36000

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil 800

Endurance, nm(kts)

14000(11)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter (Bell 212)

Electronic equipment

SPS-64(v)6, SPS-73, Mk 92 radars, WLR-1H(v)5, WLR-3 ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SCCS CCS

Complement

100

Project history: Former USCG cutter of Hamilton class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019