NNS Kada is a Damen LST 100 amphibious warship of the Nigerian Navy.
Background and construction The Nigerian government launched the process to acquire the future Kada in December 2017. Bids were received from the Netherlands' Damen Group, Turkey's Anadolu Shipyard, and India's Goa Shipyard. It would replace two Type 502 amphibious warships built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft and delivered in 1978.
Nigeria ordered Kada in 2019 from Damen. It was constructed at the Albwardy Damen shipyard in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; launched in 2021; delivered to Nigeria in 2022; and commissioned into the Nigerian Navy on 21 May 2023.
According to Janes Information Services, the Nigerian Navy intended to use the ship for the "strategic transport of equipment and troops, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, and to project maritime security into the Gulf of Guinea."
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