BNS Somudra Joy

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Bangladesh navy frigate Somudro Joy (F-28) at Pearl Harbor 2013.JPG
Somudra Joy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2013
History
Naval Ensign of Bangladesh.svgBangladesh
NameSomudra Joy
Builder Avondale Shipyards
Laid down9 September 1970
Launched24 April 1971
Acquired23 May 2013
Commissioned23 December 2013
HomeportChattogram
Identification
Nickname(s)BNS SJ
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Hamilton-class cutter/ patrol frigate
Displacement3,250 tones
Length378 ft (115.2 m)
Beam43 ft (13.1 m)
Draught15 ft (4.6 m) (4.6 m)
Propulsion
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi)
Endurance45 days
Complement178 (21 officers and 157 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems		 AN/SPS-40 air-search radar, MK 92 FCS
Electronic warfare
& decoys		1 × Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament1 × OTO Melara 76 mm main gun, forward
Aircraft carried1 × hangar

BNS Somudra Joy [1] [note 1] is one of the two largest ships of the Bangladesh Navy along with her sister ship BNS Somudra Avijan. Although originally a high endurance cutter the Bangladesh Navy reclassified the ship as a frigate. They acquired the ship from the United States under Excess Defense Articles. Currently she is being used as a training ship for naval cadets.

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History

From 1972 to 2012 the ship was known as USCGC Jarvis and served the United States Coast Guard as a high endurance cutter. She was decommissioned on 30 March 2012 and was acquired by Bangladesh under the Foreign Assistance Act as an Excess Defense Article. [2] A team of US Coast Guard personnel visited Bangladesh in February 2013. The first group of Bangladesh Navy personnel, consisting of 7 officers and 13 sailors, left Bangladesh in February to start training on board Jarvis on 13 March 2013. She was officially handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 23 May 2013. [3] The Ship was dedicated as a training ship from 24 March 2016 for training naval cadets, midshipman and sub-lieutenants. [4]

Career

BNS Somudra Joy had been used by U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC Jarvis before it was sent to Chattogram. USCGC Jarvis WHEC-725.jpg
BNS Somudra Joy had been used by U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC Jarvis before it was sent to Chattogram.
BNS Somudra Joy on her way to Chattogram from USA. BNS Somudra Joy (10502298763).jpg
BNS Somudra Joy on her way to Chattogram from USA.

BNS Somudra Joy arrived at her new homeport of Chattogram on 13 December 2013 [5] and was commissioned on 23 December 2013. [6] The ship is currently serving with Commanding Commodore BN Flotilla (COMBAN).

During her transit to Bangladesh from the United States, she was diverted to the Philippines to distribute emergency aid for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan on behalf of Government of Bangladesh. She arrived there on 29 November 2013. [7]

BNS Somudra Joy was sent to Maldives on 9 December 2014, [8] to aid in the water crisis that took place in capital Malé on 8 December 2014. She carried 100 tonnes of drinking water and five desalination plants there. [9]

On 23 April 2015, she left for Qatar to join the multinational maritime exercise, Exercise Ferocious Falcon-2015. [10] The ship took part in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training(CARAT), an annual bilateral exercise with United States Navy, in 2015. [11]

Somudra Joy left Chattogram on 30 January 2016 on a seven-day visit to India to join International Fleet Review 2016. The fleet review held in Visakhapatnam, India where 52 countries participated. [12]

Somudra Joy, with sister ship BNS Somudra Avijan left Chattogram for India and Sri Lanka on a goodwill visit on 18 September 2016. The ships were at Port Blair, India from 21 to 25 September and at Colombo port, Sri Lanka from 29 September to 4 October. They returned Chattogram on 9 October 2016. [13]

Somudra Joy participated in ASEAN International Fleet Review 2017 held at Pattaya beach of Thailand on 21 November 2017. She stayed in Thailand from 16 November to 21 November 2017 to participate in the exercise. On the way to Thailand, the ship visited Lumut Port of Malaysia from 8 November to 11 November 2017. The ship also visited Langkawi port of Malaysia on her way back home from 27 November to 30 November 2017.

The ship left Chattogram on a training tour on 1 September 2018. [14] She visited the Visakhapatnam Port of India from 4 September to 8 September 2018 [15] and Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka from 12 September to 16 September 2018. [16] She returned home on 20 September 2018.

Somudra Joy participated in Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition(LIMA)-2019, held from 26 to 30 March. She left Chattogram to take part in the event on 21 March 2019. [17] The ship came back home on 20 April 2019. [18]

On 1 September 2019, Samudra Joy left Chattogram for Sri Lanka and India on a training visit. [19] She was at the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka from 7 September to 10 September 2019 and at the port of Visakhapatnam of India 14 September to 17 September 2019. [20] She came back home on 19 September 2019.

In January 2025, the ship left Chittagong to attend the exercise Aman-25 held in Karachi, Pakistan from 7 to 11 February, 2025. On its way to Karachi, the ship will also pay goodwill visits to Colombo in Sri Lanka and Male in Maldives. [21]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The name has been widely, but incorrectly, reported as Somudro Joy or other variants

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References

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  2. ↑ "Joint Press Conference of the U.S.-Bangladesh Dialogue on Security Issues". Washington DC: US Department of State. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "US hands over naval ship". bdnews24.com. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Training Ships". Bangladesh Navy. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "BNS Somudra Joy arrives". bdnews24.com. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "4 warships including Somoudra Joy commissioned". bdnews24.com. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh sends aid to Philippines". Dhaka Tribune. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bangladesh sends water to aid Maldives' crisis". The Daily Star. Dhaka. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Bangladesh sends drinking water to Maldives". Dhaka Tribune. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Navy ship leaves Ctg for Qatar". The News Today. Dhaka. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "US-Bangla jt exercise begins today". The Independent. Dhaka. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "BNS Somudra Joy leaves Ctg to join int'l fleet review in India". Daily Sun. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Bangladesh Navy warships leave for India, SL". banglanews24.com. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  14. ↑ প্রশিক্ষণ সফরে অংশ নিতে নৌবাহিনী যুদ্ধজাহাজ সমুদ্র জয় এর চট্টগ্রাম ত্যাগ. ISPR. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
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  17. ↑ আন্তর্জাতিক মেরিটাইম প্রদর্শনীতে অংশ নিতে মালয়েশিয়ার উদ্দেশ্যে নৌবাহিনীর জাহাজ সমুদ্র জয় এর চট্টগ্রাম ত্যাগ (in Bengali). ISPR. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  18. ↑ আন্তর্জাতিক মেরিটাইম প্রদর্শনীতে অংশগ্রহণ শেষে দেশে ফিরেছে নৌবাহিনী জাহাজ সমুদ্র জয় (in Bengali). ISPR. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  19. ↑ =প্রশিক্ষণ সফরে অংশ নিতে শ্রীলংকা ও ভারতের উদ্দেশ্যে নৌবাহিনী জাহাজ সমুদ্র অভিযানের চট্টগ্রাম ত্যাগ (in Bengali). ISPR. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  20. ↑ প্রশিক্ষণ সফর শেষে নৌবাহিনীর যুদ্ধ জাহাজ সমুদ্র অভিযান এর ভারতের বিশাখাপত্তম বন্দর ত্যাগ (in Bengali). ISPR. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  21. ↑ "Bangladesh Navy ship departs Chittagong to join int'l maritime exercise in Pakistan". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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