GNS Stephen Otu (P33)

History
Ghana
Name	GNS "Stephen Otu"
Namesake	Stephen Otu
Owner	Ghana Navy
Acquired	2011
Commissioned	21 January 2011
In service	2011-
General characteristics
Class and type	Chamsuri-class patrol boat, Stephen Otu-class
Displacement	170 tonnes
Length	37m (121 ft 5 in)
Beam	7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draft	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	CODAG, 2 x MTU MD538 TU90 Diesel Engine
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range	600 nautical miles at 20 knots
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 x STX RadarSys SPS-100k surface search radar, 1 x Saab CEROS fire radar and optronic sight
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 x KDAGAIE Mk2 decoys
Armament	1 x Bofors 40mm gun, 2 x Sea Vulcan (late model)

The GNS Stephen Otu is a Chamsuri-class offshore patrol vessel built by Hyundai, Hanjin, and Korea Tacoma for the Republic of Korea Navy. In 2011, control of the "Stephen Otu", known in the South Korean Navy as the "PKM 237", was transferred to the Ghanaian Navy. The ship was donated to Ghana, just as many Chamsuri-class vessels have been donated or sold for meager amounts to navies around the world, because Chamsuri-class patrol boats are being replaced in the South Korean Navy by newer vessels. The vessel's primary purposes include maritime domain awareness, law enforcement, vessel inspection, naval development, search and rescue, and small boat maintenance. Various illicit activities the vessel is designed to prevent within Ghanaian territorial waters include piracy, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, drug trafficking, and oil bunkering. The vessel's namesake is late Major General Stephen Otu, the first Ghanaian Chief of Defence Staff.

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