
The Hellenic Navy's four Island-class cutters were renamed and commissioned into service on 20 January 2025. (Hellenic Navy)
The Hellenic Navy commissioned four ex-US Coast Guard (USCG) Island-class cutters into service during a ceremony held at Salamis Shipyards on 20 January, the service confirmed the same day.
During the commissioning ceremony, the ships were officially renamed HS Mantouvalos Ioannis (P 197), HS Galanis Georgios (P 198), HS Liaskos Antonios (P 288), and HS Gialopsos Ektoras (P 289).
The four ships were acquired by the Hellenic Navy via the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Office of International Acquisition's Excess Defense Articles (EDA) programme as replacements for its ageing Andromeda (Nasty)-class and Antoniou-class patrol boats, which were built in the 1960s and 1970s.
Following their transfer to Greece in 2023, the four units have undergone a refit and partial upgrade at Salamis Shipyards ahead of entry into service. Work has included the installation of two 12.7 mm machine guns, a new surveillance radar, a Miltech Hellas electro-optical sensor, and new communications equipment. The ships will also be equipped with the Leonardo Lionfish 20 mm remote weapon station (RWS) in the near future.
The Island-class cutters were built by Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, in the 1980s. They have an overall length of 33.5 m, a top speed of 29 kt, and a standard range of 1,600 n miles at 10 kt. They carry a crew complement of 16.
Ahead of their decommissioning and transfer to Greece, the four units had been stationed in Manama, Bahrain, since 2004. Ex- Adak (WPB-1333) and ex- Aquidneck
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