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The Cuban Navy rebuilt one, large ex-Spanish Rio Damuji fishing boat. BP-390 is now armed with two C-201W missiles, one twin 57 mm gun mount, two twin 25 mm gun mounts and one 14.5 mm machine gun. This vessel is larger than the Koni class , and it is used as a helicopter carrier patrol vessel.
The Rio Damuji-class frigates are the largest warships in the Cuban Navy built from former Spanish-built fishing trawlers. Built between 1975 and 1979, they are variously classed as frigates, corvettes, or offshore patrol vessels. The ships' armament consists of Styx missile launchers, 25 mm guns, and the turret of a ZSU-57-2.
Patrol Boat 383, P.B. [ edit ] On July 16, 1998 the former Cuban Navy Koni II-class frigate designated 353 was scuttled in shallow water near the Cuban resort town of Varadero in the Parque Submarino Cayo Piedra del Norte as an attraction for divers.
The helicopter carrier patrol vessel Rio Damuji n° 390 in Havana (July 2011) In 1988, the Cuban Navy boasted 12,000 men, three submarines, two modern guided-missile frigates, one intelligence vessel, and a large number of patrol craft and minesweepers. [26] However, most of the Soviet-made vessels have been decommissioned or sunk to make reefs.
The Project 02059 gunboats are an export version of the Stenka-class patrol boat. [1] Cuban Navy – 4 boats exported in 1985. Royal Cambodian Navy (formerly the Kampuchean Navy) – 5 boats transferred 1985–1987. Rearmed with twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns forward and ZU-23-2 aft, replacing the AK-230 turrets. Torpedo tubes removed.
A Canadian navy patrol ship sailed into Havana early on Friday, just hours after the United States announced a fast-attack submarine had docked at its Guantanamo naval base on Cuba, both vessels ...
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The people have been transferred to the Bahamas.