SLNS Gajabahu
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SLNS Gajabahu is an Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship is the second ship named after King Gajabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lankan Kingdom of Anuradhapura.
Sherman seen in 1969
USCGC Sherman in 2006.
SLNS Gajabahu (P626) during Sri Lanka Navy Exercise
Logbook USCG Sherman November 1970
Hamilton-class cutter
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The Hamilton-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter, aside from the Polar-class icebreaker. The hull classification sym
SLNS Gajabahu
…Gajabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lankan Kingdom of Anuradhapura. Formerly, it was USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) a United States Coast Guard Hamilton-class high endurance cutter named for John Sherman, the 32nd United States Secretary of the Treasury and author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. CGC Sherman's…
USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715), lead ship of the Hamilton class
Rush, circa 1985, with the older 5-inch/38 gun, lacking radar and Phalanx CIWS upgrades.