USS Shamal (PC-13)


USCGC Shamal (WPC-13)
Career (US)
Ordered: July 19, 1991
Builder: Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down: September 23, 1994
Launched: March 3, 1995
Acquired: October 31, 1995
Commissioned: January 27, 1996
Decommissioned: October 1, 2004
Career (US)
Acquired: October 1, 2004
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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
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 Shamal (PC-13) was the thirteenth Cyclone class patrol (coastal) ship. Shamal was laid down September 23, 1994 by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana and launched March 3, 1995. She was commissioned January 27, 1996. Decommissioned by the United States Navy October 1, 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard and recommissioned the USCGC Shamal (WPC-13).

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