Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Laksamana Hang Nadim" an umarce su da farko daga Sojojin Ruwa na Iraki a matsayin "Khalid Ibn Al Walid" (F216). An kafa ta a ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1982, an kaddamar da ita a ranar 5 ga Yuli, 1983 kuma an kammala ta a shekarar 1987. Bayan kammalawa, "Khalid Ibn Al Walid" an ajiye shi a Muggiano saboda takunkumin kasuwanci a lokacin yakin Iran-Irak wanda ya hana a kai shi Iraki. Daga karshe an sake shi don isarwa a shekarar 1990, amma yayin da aka sake sanyawa Iraki takunkumi bayan mamayewar Kuwait
, Fincantieri ne ya ajiye jirgin. An ba da shawarar cewa za a yi amfani da shi ta hanyar Italiyanci na Italiyanci ko kuma sayar da shi zuwa Morocco ko Colombia.