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IMDEX Asia: Second US Coast Guard cutter for Bangladesh Navy

15th May 2015 - 12:00 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in London

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The US Coast Guard (USCG) has transferred a second cutter to the Bangladesh Navy during an official signing ceremony held earlier this month on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California.

The 378-ft former cutter Rush (WHEC-723) was decommissioned in February 2015 and handed over to the Bangladeshi navy on May 6, where it will operate under the name BNS Somudra Avijan.

Administered by the USCG’s Office of International Acquisition, the handover marks the sixth high-endurance cutter to be sold under the DoD’s Excess Defense Articles (EDA) programme.

Over the next six months, the vessel will undergo a maintenance, upgrade

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Grant Turnbull was the editor of Land Warfare International and Digital Battlespace magazines with Shephard …

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