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At a glance
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Osprey-class minehunterlarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
2 × Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines
Single source2 × Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines 1,600 hp (1,200 kW )[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Osprey-class minehunter |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Bay class[source] | Osprey class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Intermarine USA Avondale Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | United States Navy (former) Hellenic Navy Egyptian Navy Republic of China Navy[source] |
| In service | 1999–present[source] | 1993–present[source] |
| Completed | 12[source] | |
| Active | 2 with Hellenic Navy 2 with Egyptian Navy 2 with ROC (Taiwan) Navy[source] | |
| Retired | — | |
| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Coastal minehunter[source] |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | 2 × Voith-Schneider vertical axis (cycloidal) propulsion systems 2 × Variable-pitch propeller[source] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | Radar: Surface search: Racal Decca; E/F and I bands Sonar: Wesmar SS 390E dipping sonar[source] | AN/SYQ-13 navigation/command and control AN/SPS-64(V)9 surface search radar AN/SPA-25G shipboard radar repeater (transistorized) AN/WSN-2 stabilized gyrocompass AN/SSQ-94 on board trainer[source] |
| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 2 × .50 caliber machine guns 1 × Stinger missile launcher[source] |
| Country of origin | Australia[source]Bay-class patrol boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard | United States[source] |
| Preceded by | — | Harkness class[source] |
| Succeeded by | — | None[source] |
| Built | — | 1991–1995[source] |
| In commission | — | 1993–2007 (US Navy)[source] |
| Scrapped | — | |
| Endurance | — | 15 days[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization equipment AN/SQQ-32 minehunting sonar[source] |