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Ships


No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
WMSM915 Argus 300 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2018 2019 2019 building (2019)
WMSM916 Chase 301 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2019 2020 2022 awarded (2019)
WMSM917 Ingham 302 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2020 2021 2023 awarded (2019)
WMSM918 Rush 303 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2021 2022 2024 awarded (2019)
WMSM919 Pickering 304 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2022 2023 2025 awarded (2019)
WMSM920 Icarus 305 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2023 2024 2026 awarded (2019)
WMSM921 Active 306 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2024 2025 2027 awarded (2019)
WMSM922 Diligence 307 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2025 2026 2028 awarded (2019)
WMSM923 Alert 308 Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2026 2027 2029 awarded (2019)
WMSM924 Vigilant   Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2027 2028 2030 awarded (2019)
WMSM925 Reliance   Eastern Sh. Group, Panama City 2028 2029 2031 awarded (2019)
WMSM926             planned (2019)
WMSM927             planned (2019)
WMSM928             planned (2019)
WMSM929             planned (2019)
WMSM930             planned (2019)
WMSM931             planned (2019)
WMSM932             planned (2019)
WMSM933             planned (2019)
WMSM934             planned (2019)
WMSM935             planned (2019)
WMSM936             planned (2019)
WMSM937             planned (2019)
WMSM938             planned (2019)
WMSM939             planned (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

2900

Displacement full, t

3715

Length, m

102.5 pp 109.7 oa

Breadth, m

16.5

Draught, m

6.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

19520

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)8500(14)
Armament

1 x 1 - 57/70 Mk 110 Mod. 0, 1 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38, 6 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter + UAVs (1 MH-60 or 1 MH-65 or 4 ScanEagle UAV)

Electronic equipment

SPS-77, SPS-73, SPQ-9B, Furuno radars, EOSS Mk 20 E/O director, Star Safire III E/O detector, SLQ-32(v)6 ECM suite, 2x Mk 53 mod.6 decoy RL (Nulka), 2x Mk 53 Nulka decoy RL, SICS CCS

Complement

19 + 16 marines + 88 passengers



Standard scale images


<i>Argus</i>
Argus


Project history

Deepwater program, replacement for Reliance and Famous classes. Have a double helicopter hangsr able to carry 1 MH-60 or 2 MH-65 helicopters, can also carry up to 4 UAVs. Steel construction, conventional monohull design with few stealth features. A dual stern ramp is fitted to launch and recovery two fast RIBs (1 SRP and 1 LRI). Typically each ship carries two 7m and one 11m boats. Contract for the first ship (with 8 later ships optional) was awarded by Eastern Shipbuilding Group/STX in September 2016.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

None