USS Squall (PC-7)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Squall (PC-7) |
|
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 3 August 1990 |
| Builder: | Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 17 February 1993 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1993 |
| Acquired: | 9 May 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 4 July 1994 |
| Homeport: | Little Creek, Virginia |
| Fate: | Active |
| 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 Squall (PC-7) is the seventh Cyclone class patrol (coastal) ship. Squall was laid down 17 February 1993 by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 28 August 1993. She was commissioned by the United States Navy 4 July 1994.
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: USS Squall (PC-7) |
|
|
||||||||
| This article about a specific ship or boat of the United States armed forces is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |