Ghana Navy

Ghana Navy

navy

Part of	Ghana Armed Force
Inception	29 Mɔraug/Nwadisanii 1959
Country	Ghana
Color	ultramarine, iceberg, blue-gray
Item operated	Ghana Navy fleet

Ghana Navy (GN) anɛ Ghana Arm Forces (GAF) soogia nam lugur. Ghana Navy, Ghana Army Forces ne Ghana Air Forces la'asi an Ghana Armed Forces ka banɛ gosidi li an Ghana Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Labakʋda

Ghana Navy nya'ar anɛ Gold Coast Naval Volunteer Force dinɛ ka ba da pin'ili bɛ Dunia wusa zaba kanɛ paasi ayi la saŋa. British la da pin'ili li ye ba dɔlisidi gɔsid ku'omin ye ninsieba pu zuudi tuud sanlimaa. Ghana da paam o asʋ'ʋ-m-mɛŋ bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ ayɔpɔi nwadisa atan' la daba ayuobʋ la daar la (6 March, 1957) yi UK dim nu'usin la, ba soogia nam da maligim tigisi ba mɛŋ ka gur ye yɛlsi'a tun'e paae ba.

Din an si'em

Ghana Navy mɔri ba ɔfis tita'ar bɛnɛ Burma Camp, Accra. Ba mɔrnɛ tʋʋma zin'is atan'banɛ bɛ Western Naval Command ka di bɛ Sekondi, Eastern Naval Command ka di bɛ Tema nɛ Naval Training Command dinɛ mɛ bɛ Nutekpor-Sogakope dinɛ bɛ Volta Region.

Western Naval Command

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Command la mor bama:

• HQ Western Naval Command
• Ghana Navy Fleet
• The Naval Dockyard Complex
• Ghana Navy Stores Depot
• Naval Base, Sekondi – West Command
• The Naval Trade Training School

Eastern Naval Command

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Di mor luga bama:

• HQ Eastern Naval Command
• Basic and Leadership Training School
• Naval Base, Tema
• Ghana Navy Band, Tema

Luga

The navy mor luga bama:

• Operations
• Administration
• Training
• Logistics (Supply)
• Technical
• Intelligence and
• Research and Development

Equipment

Current active naval vessels

Snake-class patrol vessels

46.8m patrol vessels ordered from China's Poly Technologies subsidiary of China Poly Group Corporation in 2011 and delivered to GN (Ghana Navy) in October 2011. The boats were commissioned 21 February 2012.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Status
GNS Blika	P34	Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China	1 April 2011?	21 Feb 2012	Active
GNS Garinga	P35	Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China	1 April 2011?	21 Feb 2012	Active
GNS Chemle	P36	Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China	1 April 2011?	21 Feb 2012	Active
GNS Ehwor	P37	Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China	1 April 2011?	21 Feb 2012	Active

Balsam-class patrol ships

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  The patrol ship GNS Anzone (P30) with GNS Achimota (P28) in the Gulf of Guinea in October 2005.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status	ex
GNS Anzone (~shark)	P30	Marine Iron & Ship Builders	28 April 1944	22 September 1944	2001	Active	USCGC Woodrush (WLB-407)
GNS Bonsu (~whale)	P31	Marine Iron & Ship Builders	31 December 1943	26 July 1944	2001	Active	USCGC Sweetbrier (WLB-405)

Chamsuri-class patrol boat

Republic of Korea Navy vessels. Chamsuri means 'Sea Dolphin'.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status	ex
GNS Stephen Otu	P33	Korea Tacoma, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanjin Heavy Industries		July 1980	21 January 2011	Active	PKM 237

Albatros-class fast attack craft

German navy. Da da'anɛ yuum tusa ayi' nɛ anu (2005) la ni $35 million anrimis ayi'.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status	ex
GNS Sebo (~leopard)	P27	Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co	19 September 1979	2 May 1980	2010	Active
GNS Dzata (~lion)	P31	Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co	19 September 1979	4 December 1979	2010	Active

Warrior-class/Gepard-class fast attack craft

German navy S74 Nerz nɛ S77 Dachs. Ba da da'anɛ $37 million anrimis ayi'.

Name	Class	Type	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status	ex
GNS Yaa Asantewaa	Gepard-class	Fast attack craft		Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co		14 July 1983	31 July 2012	Active
GNS Naa Gbewaa	Gepard-class	Fast attack craft		Fr Lurssen Werft GmbH & Co		22 March 1984	31 July 2012	Active

River Class

Name	Pennant	Type	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Transferred	Status
GNS Pra		offshore patrol vessel	Penguin Ship Yard		22 February 2022		Active
GNS Densu		offshore patrol vessel	Penguin Ship Yard		22 February 2022		Active
GNS Volta		offshore patrol vessel	Penguin Ship Yard		22 February 2022		Active
GNS Ankobra		offshore patrol vessel	Penguin Ship Yard		22 February 2022		Active

USCG Defender-class boat

U. S. Coast Guard. Yuum tusa ayi' nɛ anii (2008) la ni, Ghana Navy da da' anrimis atan' yi US Navy san'an. Ba da nɔki ba tisnɛ GN Western Naval Command dinɛ bɛ Sekondi-Takoradi. yuum tusa ayi' nɛ piiga nwadisa atan' dabpiinɛ atan' daar (13 March 2010), ba da paasi ba anrimisa anaasi.

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Sieba

• GNS Achimota (P28) – Flagship of the Ghana Navy. German built FPB 57-class patrol ship (Launched: 14 March 1979, commissioned: 27 March 1981)
• GNS Yogaga (P29) – German-built FPB 57-class patrol ship (1979)
• GNS David Hansen – Named after David Animle Hansen, first Ghanaian Chief of Staff of the Ghana Navy.
• NAVDOCK 1 – Ghana's first indigenous landing craft.
• GNS Achimota (2024) - Largest ship in the Ghana Navy. Built by Kurinoura Shipbuilding in YawatahamaYawatahama, Ehime PrefectureEhime Prefecture, JapanJapan (Commissioned 23 December 2024)

Kpɛŋ zi'esim

Kpɛɛmnam

Ghana Navy kpɛmir la an si'em nwana naan agɔla sigid teŋir:

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Ghana Navy v t e
			Admiral		Vice admiral		Rear admiral		Commodore		Captain		Commander		Lieutenant commander		Lieutenant		Sub lieutenant

Makkir

Ghana Navy makkir la an si'em nwana naan agɔla sigid teŋir:

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Ghana Navy v t e																													No insignia						No insignia
									Chief petty officer		Petty officer first class						Petty officer second class						Leading seaman						Able seaman						Ordinary seaman