Saturday, May 14, 2011

Nigeria Takes Possession of US Warship Friday

This Day
13 May 2011


To effectively secure the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Guinea, CGC CHASE, a 378-foot (115 m) United States Coast Guard ship, will be transferred to the Nigerian Navy Friday.

The formal transfer ceremony, which will hold at the Alameda Coast Guard Base, California, will be attended by Nigerian Ambassador to US, Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, and senior defence officials from Nigeria.

Already, 21 Nigerian engineers are undergoing further sea-training on a similar sister ship, while the crew which would bring the ship to Nigeria are in US and will undergo further training from May 16, 2011.

Deputy Defence Adviser, Nigeria Embassy, Washington DC, Navy Captain Adefemi Kayode, who confirmed this, said the ship would sail to Nigeria in July.

He also recalled that in 2003, Nigeria got four vessels from the US Coast Guards for patrol in the Niger Delta region.

No comments:

Post a Comment