USS Shamal

Shamal underway on 2 March 2016
History
United States
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
Recommissioned:	30 September 2011
Decommissioned:	1 October 2004
Homeport:	Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida
Status:	in active service
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United States
Acquired:	1 October 2004
Homeport:	Little Creek, Virginia
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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 (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement:	4 officers, 24 men
Armament:	(USN) 2 Mk38 chain guns 2 Mk19 grenade launchers 2 .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns 6 Stinger missiles

USS Shamal (PC-13) is the thirteenth Cyclone class patrol (coastal) 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]

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

Cyclone-class patrol ships
United States Navy	Cyclone Tempest Hurricane Monsoon Typhoon Sirocco Squall Zephyr Chinook Firebolt Whirlwind Thunderbolt Shamal Tornado
United States Coast Guard	Cyclone Tempest Monsoon Shamal Tornado
Philippine Navy	General Mariano Alvarez (ex-Cyclone)
List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy