Vietnam's Hamilton sea patrol ship - CSB-8020
Formerly it was the highest class patrol ship of the United States Coast Guard, engaged in the Vietnam War with the task of fire at sea. The ship is 115.2 m long, 6 m high, weighs more than 3,000 tons and the widest spot on the shelf is 13.1 m. Maximum speed is 29 knots (53.7 km / h). Standard visibility is about 17,779 km at 15 nautical mile (27.7 km / h) speed. It can accommodate a crew of up to 162 people including 19 commanders and a helicopter monitor on the deck.
During the service to the US Navy, the WHEC 722 was equipped with a 76mm main gun, two Orbital M242 Bushmaster and 20mm (CWS) ranged defense system.
When joining the Vietnam Coast Guard, the vessel will be code CSB-8020. It was delivered within the framework of the US-Vietnam agreement, effective on May 15th of 2017.
Vietnamese engineers and officers spent months researching, using, and mastering equipments with the help and guidance of officers from the US Coast Guard. Up to this point, the CSB-8020 is Vietnam's largest patrol boat in the South China Sea, enhancing the scope and capacity of Vietnamese law enforcement.
Through the sea exercises in December 2017, Vietnam also studied and acquired much experience of its neighbor nation Philippines, The country that upgraded the ship to a true warship with the addition of the Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile and fire-control radar. Jane's predicted that Vietnam might consider equipping the ship with the 3M24 Uranium-E anti-ship missile system with Garpun-Bal radars in the future.
Source: Viettimes.vn
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