SLNS Gajabahu (P626)

History
United States
Name	USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720)
Namesake	John Sherman
Builder	Avondale Shipyards
Laid down	January 25, 1967
Launched	September 23, 1967
Commissioned	September 3, 1968
Recommissioned	July 1989
Decommissioned	May 1986
Homeport	Honolulu, HI
Motto	“Honorable and Faithful”
Honors and awards	Golden Eagle award by White House Drug Czar
Status	Active in service as of 2011[update]
Notes	In July 2001, Sherman became the first Coast Guard cutter to circumnavigate the world.
Badge	Crest of the USCGC Sherman
Sri Lanka
Name	SLNS Gajabahu
Namesake	King Gajabahu I
Operator	Sri Lanka Navy
Builder	Avondale Shipyards
Laid down	January 25, 1967
Launched	September 3, 1968
Acquired	27 August 2018
Commissioned	6 June 2019
Status	Active
Identification	MMSI number: 367879000 Callsign: NMMJ
General characteristics
Displacement	3,250 tons
Length	378 ft (115 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Two diesel engines Two gas turbine engines
Speed	29 knots
Range	14,000 miles
Endurance	45 days
Complement	133 personnel (including 22 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-78 Surface Search Radar MK 92 Fire Control System
Armament	Otobreda 76 mm, 6 × .50 caliber machine guns ZU-23-2

SLNS Gajabahu (P626) (Sinhala: ගජබාහු, romanized: Gajabāhu) 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.

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.^[1]