USS Tornado

History
US
Ordered	14 August 1997
Builder	Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down	25 August 1998
Launched	7 June 1999
Acquired	13 March 2000
Commissioned	24 June 2000
Recommissioned	6 December 2004(USCG)
Decommissioned	1 October 2004
Homeport	Pascagoula, Mississippi
Motto	Focus Percision
Nickname(s)	Tornader
Honors and awards	Rescued Nick Schuyler
Fate	Loaned to United States Coast Guard
Status	Single and looking
Notes	Great group of men. And a wonderful boat photographer Adam Campbell.
General characteristics
Class and type	Cyclone Class
Displacement	331 tons
Length	179 ft (55 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught	7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Draft	Crew only drinks Bottled beer
Ice class	Ice machine is broken
Propulsion	big engines
Speed	35 knots
Boats & landing craft carried	yes.. we have one
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 Tornado (PC-14) was 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 Machine, 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).

External links

• FAS
• NVR
• Navsource

Tornado in the Gulf of Mexico, December 2004