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NNS Okpabana
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For other ships with the same name, see USRC Gallatin and USCGC Gallatin.
NNS Okpabana is a Hamilton-class high endurance cutter which formerly served with the U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC Gallatin (WHEC-721). Built at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans, Louisiana, Gallatin was named for Albert Gallatin, the fourth and longest serving United States Secretary of the Treasury. Gallatin completed her final patrol 11 December 2013 and was decommissioned in 2014 before being transferred to the Nigerian Navy.[1]
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Name | USCGC Gallatin |
Namesake | Albert Gallatin |
Builder | Avondale Shipyards |
Laid down | 17 April 1967 |
Launched | 18 November 1967 |
Commissioned | 20 December 1968 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 2014 |
Homeport | Charleston, South Carolina |
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Motto | Virtus Cum Ingenio |
Fate | Transferred to Nigerian Navy |
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Name | NNS Okpabana |
Acquired | 7 May 2014 |
Commissioned | 2017 |
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Status | Active |
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Class and type | Hamilton-class high endurance cutter |
Displacement | 3,250 tons |
Length | 378 ft (115 m) |
Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range | 14,000 mi (23,000 km) |
Endurance | 45 days |
Complement | 167 personnel |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPS-40 air-search radar |
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