USS Chinook (PC-9)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Chinook.

Career (US)
USS Chinook (PC-9)
Ordered:	July 19, 1991
Builder:	Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down:	June 16, 1993
Launched:	February 26, 1994
Acquired:	October 7, 1994
Commissioned:	January 28, 1995
Homeport:	Atlantic fleet
Fate:	Active
General characteristics
Displacement:	331 tons
Length:	174 ft (53 m)
Beam:	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft:	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 Chinook (PC-9) was the ninth Cyclone class Patrol (coastal) ship. Awarded July 19, 1991 to Bollinger Machine, her keel was laid June 16, 1993 and she was launched February 26, 1994. She was delivered October 7, 1994 and commissioned January 28, 1995.

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One of two Mk 38 25 mm machine guns carried aboard Chinook

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