Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Navy (Urdu: پاک بحریہ ) is the naval branch of the military of Pakistan. It is responsible for the defense Pakistan's 1,046 kilometres (650.0 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the defense of important harbors. It operates a wide range of ships ranging from cruisers to destroyers as well as submarines. Navy day is celebrated on September 8 in commemoration of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
PNS Shamsher visiting Australia in 1951. The frigate was transferred to Pakistan by the Royal Indian Navy in 1947 as a training ship.:19
PNS Badr, a destroyer, visiting the Great Britain on a goodwill mission in 1957
PNS Ghazi in war theatre in 1965. In 1968, she executed a circumnavigation of Africa and Southern Europe in order to be refit in Turkey. Sunk in 1971 under mysterious circumstances.
PNS Nazim, which previously took part in the Vietnam and Korean Wars in the U.S. Navy as USS Wiltsie. She is now serving in the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency as its "on-sea" headquarters.