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SLNS Samudura (P261)
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SLNS Samudura (P621) (Sinhala: සමුදුර, romanized: Samudura) is a Sri Lanka Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel. Originally commissioned by the United States Coast Guard in 1968 as the medium endurance cutter USCGC Courageous, she was donated to Sri Lanka in 2004 and commissioned on 19 February 2005.
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Name | USCGC Courageous (WMEC-622) |
Builder | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Laid down | 14 March 1966 |
Launched | 18 March 1967 |
Commissioned | 19 April 1968 |
Decommissioned | 19 September 2001 |
Stricken | June 24, 2004 |
Honors and awards | Coast Guard Unit Commendation ![]() |
Fate | Struck, for delivery to Sri Lanka |
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Name | SLNS Samudura (P621) |
Commissioned | 2005 |
Homeport | SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 759 tons |
Length | 210 ft 6 in (64.16 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) max |
Propulsion | 2 × V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines |
Speed | max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range |
Range | cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range |
Complement | 12 officers, 63 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | 2 × AN/SPS-64 |
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Aircraft carried | HH-65 Dolphin |
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