NDM Bahia LPD Entered Active Service with Brazilian Navy Following Maintenance by DCNS

The ceremony for the entry into active service of the NDM Bahia with the Brazilian Navy’s (Marinha do Brasil) fleet took place on 10 March. It follows the end of the technical shutdown that started in Toulon at the end of December 2015. Previously known under the name Siroco in French Navy service, the Bahia is a Landing Platform Dock (NDM for Navio Doca Multipropósito in Brazilian) and belonged to the French Navy before being sold to Brazil in 2015.