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| Career (US) |   |
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| Ordered: | 14 August 1997 |
| Builder: | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 25 August 1998 |
| Launched: | 7 June 1999 |
| Acquired: | 13 March 2000 |
| Commissioned: | 24 June 2000 |
| Recommissioned: | 6 December 2011(USCG) |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 2004 |
| Homeport: | Little Creek, Virginia |
| Motto: | Focused Precision |
| Status: | In Service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
| Displacement: | 331 tons |
| Length: | 179 ft (55 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught: | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 CAT Marine SSDG |
| Propulsion: | 4 Paxman Valenta Diesel Engines |
| Speed: | 31 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | USCG Over the Horizon |
| Crew: | 2 officers, 3 chiefs, 25 enlisted |
| Armament: |
(USN) 2 × Mk38 chain guns 2 × Mk19 grenade launchers 2 × .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns 6 × Stinger missiles |
USS Tornado (PC-14) is the fourteenth and last Cyclone class patrol (coastal) ship, notable for being the only ship in the class designed with shaping features for signature management. She was laid down by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana 25 August 1998 and launched 7 June 1999. She was commissioned by the United States Navy 24 June 2000, decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Tornado (WPC-14).
Tornado was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-14.[1][2]
References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- ↑ "Patrol Coastal Ships – PC". U.S. Navy. 10 November 2011. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=2000&ct=4. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
External links
Tornado in the Gulf of Mexico, December 2004
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