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KIKAU class

Country of Origin: Fiji


 0 PATROL SHIPS (ex-US REDWING-class coastal minesweepers)

 Name     Pendant     Completed     Status
 KIKAU    204         1956          Decomm
   (ex-USS WOODPECKER, MSC-209)
 KULA     205         1955          Decomm
   (ex-USS VIREO, MSC-205)

These ex-U.S. REDWING (MSC-200)-class coastal minesweepers were converted to the patrol role upon transfer to Fiji, with the magnetic minesweeping gear removed. In 1981, the KULA was refitted, with an after deckhouse with a...

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