Vietnamese Fleet will Add Three More Large Vessels

20 September 2017

Gepard 3.9 with temporary hull number from the shipyard (photo : parxis)

From now to early 2018, the Vietnam Navy and the Vietnam Coast Guard will put into service three large patrol ships and guards.

Last week, the first Gepard 3.9 rocket train belonging to Russia's second pair of ships to Vietnam was picked up by the super-heavy Rolldock Star ship.

The ship has officially left the port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, which is expected to last for more than a month.

Prior to that, Zelenodolsk Shipyard CEO Renat Mistahov announced that the couple's second Gepard 3.9 will be handed over in November.

So including the time to go to sea around January 1/1818 Vietnam will receive enough pairs.

At present, the Coast Guard has successfully completed the US Coast Guard (USCGC Morgenthau) (US Coast Guard) (WHEC 722) receiving vessel from the US Coast Guard, which has received the new number of CSB 8020.

The CSB 8020 of Vietnam ex USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC 722) of the US Coast Guard. (photo : Maritime Hawaii)

As is customary for the duration of the transfer as well as the training process, it is very likely that the ship will leave for Vietnam after the end of September 2017.

Because of the swim from Honolulu to the water, not depending on the heavy transport ship, the cruise time in the sea will only take a few weeks.

Therefore, it may be possible for the Vietnam Coast Guard to put the CSB 8020 on duty before the Navy's 3.9 Gepard pair.

Thanks to the addition of three large ships in a short time, Vietnam's maritime power will increase significantly compared to the present.

In the near future, when deploying the project of building six new patrol boats in the country, plus 6 Japanese ODA-funded vessels, and some old ships delivered by Korea, Vietnam is capable enough to ensure Maintain the sovereignty of the sea island of the country.

(BaoDatViet)