US Navy ship in Galle

USS Ford a guided missile frigate of the United States Navy will call at Galle Port on October 11 on a three-day goodwill visit to Sri Lanka, a spokesman for the Sri Lanka Navy said yesterday. It will be docked at the Galle Port from October 11 to 14.

Prior to her visit to Sri Lanka she called on Port of Kochin, India. USS Ford is assigned to the Destroyer Squadron 9. The ship is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate and can provide defence in-depth against air, surface and sub-surface threats for military and merchant shipping.

With a complement of 26 officers and 170 enlisted men, USS Ford is armed to carry out multiple roles.

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