RSS Resolution (208)

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RSS Resolution passes alongside USS Denver on 20 February 2011.
History
Naval Ensign of Singapore.svgSingapore
NameResolution
Namesake Resolution
Builder ST Engineering
Laid down1997
Launched1 August 1998
Commissioned18 March 2000
Homeport Changi
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Endurance-class landing platform dock
Displacement
  • Standard: 6,500 t (6,400 long tons; 7,200 short tons)
  • Full load: 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)
Length141.0 m (462 ft 7 in)
Beam21.0 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draught5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)
Ramps2 × (bow and stern)
Installed power
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 15  kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range5,000  nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 4 × 13 m (43 ft) Fast Craft Equipment & Utility (FCEU) on davits
  • 2 × 25 m (82 ft) Fast Craft Utility (FCU) inside well deck
Capacity18 tanks, 20 vehicles and bulk cargo
Troops> 350–500
Crew65 (8 officers and 57 men)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried AS 332M Super Puma or AS532UL/AL Cougar or CH-47SD Chinook helicopters
Aviation facilities Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to 2 medium-lift helicopters

Resolution(208) is the second ship of the Endurance-class landing platform dock of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

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Development

The navy's intention to purchase the Endurance-class was revealed by former Defence Minister Dr. Tony Tan during his visit to Tuas Naval Base on 3 August 1996. These ships were to replace the five ex-United States Navy (USN) County-class LSTs, which were acquired by Singapore from the United States in the 1970s. ST Marine was awarded the government contract to design and build the four ships – a significant milestone for the local defence and shipbuilding industries given the scale and extensiveness of the programme. [2] [3]

Construction and career

She was laid down on 27 March 1997 and launched on 1 August 1998. She was commissioned on 18 March 2000 with the hull number 208.

RSS Resolution successfully fired a Mistral surface-to-air missile during Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training in 2000, an annual joint naval exercise between the USN and RSN. [4]

Resolution was sent to the Persian Gulf in November 2004 to take over RSS Endurance for peacekeeping efforts.

In 2007, RSS Resolution taking on the expanded role of taking charge of coalition and Iraqi Navy ships to defend Iraq's oil platforms. [5] She was subsequently tasked for RSN's fifth deployment to the Gulf on 30 August 2008.

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References

  1. ↑ "RSN – Assets – Weapons". Ministry of Defence (Singapore) (MINDEF). 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Endurance Class Landing Ship Tank (LST) - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Endurance class Amphibious Transport Dock - Republic of Singapore Navy". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ↑ "Landing Ship Tanks". National Library Board. Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
  5. ↑ "A taste of home after successful Gulf deployment". MINDEF. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
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