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KYANWA patrol vessels (1942-1944/2002-2003)


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Ologbo 2010

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kyanwa (ex-Sedge) A501   Marine Iron SB, Duluth, USA 6.10.1943 27.11.1943 5.7.1944 // 21.12.2002 in service (2019)
Ologbo (ex-Cowslip) A502   Marine Iron SB, Duluth, USA 16.9.1941 11.4.1942 17.10.1942 // 26.1.2003 in service (2019)
Nwamba (ex-Firebush) A503   Duluth Iron SB, Duluth, USA 12.11.1943 3.2.1944 20.7.1944 // 30.6.2003 in service (2019)
Obula (ex-Sassafras) A504   Marine Iron SB, Duluth, USA 16.8.1943 5.10.1943 23.5.1944 // 31.10.2003 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

700

Displacement full, t

1025

Length, m

51.8 pp 54.9 oa

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 General Motors EMD645 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)12000(7)
Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

SPS-64(v)1 or SPS-73 radar

Complement

42



Standard scale images


<i>Kyanwa </i>2010
Kyanwa 2010


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<i>Ologbo </i>2010
Ologbo 2010


Project history

Former USCG Balsam-class buoy tenders. Intended for general logistic support duties, transferred unarmed.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.