USS Tornado

USCGC Tornado (WPC 14)
History
United States
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	Jacksonville, Florida
Identification	MMSI number: 369987000 Callsign: NTDO
Motto	Focused Precision
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
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	3 officers, 2 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.

Tornado in the Gulf of Mexico, December 2004

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.

External links

• Federation of American Scientists, Cyclone class ship characteristics
• Navsource.org ship history