GNS Stephen Otu (P33)

History
Ghana
Name: GNS "Stephen Otu"
Namesake: Stephen Otu
Owner: Ghana Navy
Acquired: 2011
Commissioned: 21 January 2011
In service: 2011-
General characteristics
Class and type: Chamsuri-class patrol boat, Stephen Otu-class
Displacement: 170 tonnes
Length: 37m (121 ft 5 in)
Beam: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draft: 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: CODAG, 2 x MTU MD538 TU90 Diesel Engine
Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range: 600 nautical miles at 20 knots
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 x STX RadarSys SPS-100k surface search radar, 1 x Saab CEROS fire radar and optronic sight
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
2 x KDAGAIE Mk2 decoys
Armament: 1 x Bofors 40mm gun, 2 x Sea Vulcan (late model)

The GNS Stephen Otu is a Chamsuri-class offshore patrol vessel built by Hyundai, Hanjin, and Korea Tacoma for the Republic of Korea Navy. In 2011, control of the "Stephen Otu", known in the South Korean Navy as the "PKM 237", was transferred to the Ghanaian Navy. The ship was donated to Ghana, just as many Chamsuri-class vessels have been donated or sold for meager amounts to navies around the world, because Chamsuri-class patrol boats are being replaced in the South Korean Navy by newer vessels. The vessel's primary purposes include maritime domain awareness, law enforcement, vessel inspection, naval development, search and rescue, and small boat maintenance. Various illicit activities the vessel is designed to prevent within Ghanaian territorial waters include piracy, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, drug trafficking, and oil bunkering. The vessel's namesake is late Major General Stephen Otu, the first Ghanaian Chief of Defence Staff.

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