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SLNS Vijayabahu (P627)
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SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) (Sinhala: විජයබාහු, romanized: Vijayabāhu) is an Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship is named after King Vijayabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lanka who founded the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa.
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Name | USCGC Douglas Munro |
Namesake | Douglas Albert Munro |
Operator | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Avondale Shipyards |
Commissioned | September 27, 1971 |
Decommissioned | April 24, 2021 |
Homeport | Kodiak, Alaska |
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Motto | Honoring the Past by Serving the Present |
Status | Decommissioned |
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Name | SLNS Vijayabahu |
Namesake | King Vijayabahu |
Operator | Sri Lanka Navy |
Builder | Avondale Shipyards |
Acquired | 26th October 2021 |
Commissioned | 22nd November 2022 |
Status | Active |
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Type | High Endurance Cutter |
Displacement | 3,250 tons |
Length | 378 ft (115 m) |
Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | Two diesel engines and two gas turbine engines |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
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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Aircraft carried | MH-65 |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter pad, retractable hangar bay |
Formerly, USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724) and USCGC Munro (WHEC-724), a High Endurance Cutter of the United States Coast Guard, named for Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro (1919–1942), the only Coast Guardsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Munro was commissioned on September 27, 1971, at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. The tenth of twelve 378-foot (115 m) cutters, she was the first to be named after a Coast Guard hero. The previously commissioned 378-footers had been named for former secretaries of the Treasury, a tradition that began in 1830 when a cutter was named for Alexander Hamilton. Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe and Douglas Munro's mother, Edith, were on hand to commission Munro. The ship's original complement included 17 officers and 143 enlisted men.
Douglas Munro was placed into In-Commission Special Status on March 31, 2021, beginning the process of decommissioning the final Hamilton-class cutter. Douglas Munro was decommissioned on April 24, 2021 and was transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy on October 26, 2021 under pennant number P 627.[1][2] She was commissioned by President Ranil Wickramasinghe on 20 November 2022 as SLNS Vijayabahu, becoming the second Hamilton-class cutter in Sri Lanka Navy.[3]