USS Shamal (PC-13)
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.jpg) USCGC Shamal (WPC-13) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | July 19, 1991 |
| Builder: | Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | September 23, 1994 |
| Launched: | March 3, 1995 |
| Acquired: | October 31, 1995 |
| Commissioned: | January 27, 1996 |
| Decommissioned: | October 1, 2004 |
| Career (US) |  |
| Acquired: | October 1, 2004 |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
| Displacement: | 331 tons |
| Length: | 174 ft (53 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught: | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces |
| Armament: | (USN) 2 Mk38 chain guns 2 Mk19 grenade launchers 2 .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns 6 Stinger missiles |
USS Shamal (PC-13) was the thirteenth Cyclone class patrol (coastal) ship. Shamal was laid down September 23, 1994 by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana and launched March 3, 1995. She was commissioned January 27, 1996. Decommissioned by the United States Navy October 1, 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard and recommissioned the USCGC Shamal (WPC-13).
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- 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.
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