Shamal underway off the coast of Northern Florida on 2 March 2016
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Name | Shamal |
Namesake | Shamal |
Operator | United States Navy |
Ordered | 19 July 1991 |
Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
Laid down | 23 September 1994 |
Launched | 3 March 1995 |
Acquired | 31 October 1995 |
Commissioned | 27 January 1996 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 2004 |
Recommissioned | 30 September 2011 |
Decommissioned | 16 February 2021 |
Stricken | 26 February 2021 |
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Motto | The Fury of the Storm |
Status | Awaiting Scrapping |
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Acquired | 1 October 2004 |
Homeport | Little Creek, Virginia |
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Class and type | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
Displacement | 331 tons |
Length | 179 ft (55 m) |
Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draft | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 4 officers, 24 enlisted |
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USS Shamal (PC-13) is the thirteenth Cyclone-class patrol ship. Shamal was laid down 23 September 1994 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 March 1995. She was commissioned 27 January 1996. Decommissioned by the United States Navy 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard and recommissioned the USCGC Shamal (WPC-13).
Shamal was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-13.[1][2]
Shamal was decommissioned on 16 February 2021 at Naval Station Mayport.[3][4]
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". United States Navy. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "USS Shamal Decommissioned at NS Mayport". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "USS Shamal NVR".
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