Cameroonian Navy will be receiving two refurbished Island Class patrol boats from the United States this year, requesting them under the Excess Defence Articles program.
News of the acquisition was revealed by the United States Embassy in Cameroon in January this year when it said “in 2020, the Cameroonian Navy plans to purchase two 110 foot American patrol boats to greater extend its ability to patrol Cameroon’s economic exclusion zone.”
The embassy did not identify the type of vessels but according to the Excess Defence Articles (EDA) database, in April 2019 Cameroon requested two Island Class patrol boats with mid-life extension, and two have been allocated by the EDA program. They have not yet been accepted nor delivered.
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