USS Squall (PC-7)
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USS Squall (PC-7) |
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| Career US | |
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| Ordered: | August 3, 1990 |
| Builder: | Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | February 17, 1993 |
| Launched: | August 28, 1993 |
| Acquired: | May 9, 1994 |
| Commissioned: | July 4, 1994 |
| Status: | Active |
| Homeport: | Little Creek, Virginia |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 331 tons |
| Length: | 174 feet (53 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught: | 7.5 ft (2.5 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 Squall (PC-7) is the seventh Cyclone class Patrol (coastal) ship. Squall was laid down February 17, 1993 by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana and launched August 28, 1993. She was commissioned by the United States Navy July 4, 1994.
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