# US approves Cameroon’s Island class patrol boat request

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2020/06/us-approves-cameroons-island-class-patrol-boat-request/
- Published: 2020-06-20T02:01:00+01:00
- Author: Ekene Lionel

Two 110-foot Island class patrol boats requested by the Cameroon Navy from the US
excess defence article has been approved for delivery.

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Cameroon [made plans to procure the vessels ](https://www.military.africa/2020/01/cameroonian-navy-to-acquire-two-us-110-foot-patrol-boats)
in January this year, to enhance its maritime capabilities, according to a statement
from the United States Embassy in Yaounde. The request was approve earlier this 
week by the , the total acquisition cost is reported to be $40,507,844.

This new 110-foot Island class vessel will [complement several Defender class rigid hull boats](https://www.military.africa/2020/03/us-delivers-four-defender-boats-to-djibouti)
already in service with the Cameroonian Navy, which was supplied by the United States
in 2017 to enhance its maritime patrols. The vessels are equipped with advanced 
electronics and navigation equipment and are used in support various security missions
including migrant interdiction, drug interdiction, defense operations, fisheries
Enforcement, and search and rescue missions.

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