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Ghana Navy Ships

Ghana Navy Current Active Naval Vessels

Snake Class Patrol Vessels

46.8m patrol vessels ordered from China’s Poly Technologies subsidiary of China Poly Group Corporation in 2011 and delivered to GN (Ghana Navy) in October 2011. The boats were commissioned 21 February 2012.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Status
GNS Blika	P34	Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China	1 April 2011?	21 Feb 2012	Active
GNS Garinga	P35	Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China	1 April 2011?	21 Feb 2012	Active
GNS Chemle	P36	Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China	1 April 2011?	21 Feb 2012	Active
GNS Ehwor	P37	Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China	1 April 2011?	21 Feb 2012	Active

Balsam Class Patrol Ships

The patrol ship GNS Anzone (P30) with GNS Achimota (P28) in the Gulf of Guinea in October 2005.

U. S. Coast Guard vessels. After serving the USCG for 57 years, Woodrush was decommissioned on March 2, 2001 and sold to GN (Ghana Navy) to serve as GNS Anzone P30.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status	ex
GNS Anzone (~shark)	P30	Marine Iron & Ship Builders	28 April 1944	22 September 1944	2001	Active	USCGC Woodrush (WLB-407)
GNS Bonsu (~whale)	P31	Marine Iron & Ship Builders	31 December 1943	26 July 1944	2001	Active	USCGC Sweetbrier (WLB-401)

Chamsuri Class Patrol Boat

Republic of Korea Navy vessels. Chamsuri means ‘Sea Dolphin’.

Albatros Class Fast Attack Craft

German navy. Purchased in 2005 at $35 million for the two ships.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status
GNS Sebo (~leopard)	P27	Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co	19 September 1979	2 May 1980	2010	Active
GNS Dzata (~lion)	P31	Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co	19 September 1979	4 December 1979	2010	Active

Warrior class/Gepard Class Fast Attack Craft

German navy S74 Nerz and S77 Dachs. Purchased at $37 million for the two ships.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status
GNS Yaa Asantewaa		Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co		14 July 1983	31 July 2012^[5]	Active
GNS Naa Gbewaa		Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co		22 March 1984	31 July 2012^[5]	Active

USCG Defender Class Boat

U. S. Coast Guard. In 2008, the Ghana Navy acquired three such boats from the US navy. They were handed over to the GN Western Naval Command in Sekondi-Takoradi. On 13 March 2010, presented 4 additional boats.

Others

GNS Achimota (P28) – Flagship of the Ghana Navy. German built FPB 57 class patrol ship (Launched: 14 March 1979, commissioned: 27 March 1981)
GNS Yogaga (P29) – German built FPB 57 class patrol ship (1979)
GNS David Hansen – Named after David Animle Hansen, first Ghanaian Chief of Staff of the Ghana Navy. A single 20 m-long ex-US Navy PB Mk III inshore patrol craft that was built in the 1970s and transferred to Ghana in 2001.
On 10 December 2010, the Ghana Navy received six new speedboats with complete accessories from Ghana Red Cross to facilitate its rescue mission in the country. The accessories included six Yamaha outboard motors, life jackets, life lines, first aid equipment and maintenance tools.

Past naval vessels

The initial fleet of the navy consisted of two Ham class minesweepers, GNS Yogaga and GNS Afadzato. They were re-commissioned on 31 October 1959. They were joined by four T43-class minesweepers from the Soviet Union between 1961–64, three Komar-class missile boats between 1962–65 and another in 1980, and two Yurka-class minesweepers in 1981-82.^[6] In 1965, a large frigate was ordered by the government of President Nkrumah, intended to also serve as the presidential yacht. The warship was laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland under the name Black Star, but when Nkrumah was deposed in a coup in the following year, the project was cancelled. The ship was eventually bought by the Royal Navy and then sold to Malaysia as the KD Hang Tuah

See Also: Other Details of Ghana Navy

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status	ex
GNS Stephen Otu	P33	Korea Tacoma, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanjin Heavy Industries		July 1980	21 January 2011	Active	PKM 237	BRP Dioniso Ojeda (PG-117) of the Philippine Navy similar to the GNS Stephen Otu (P33)