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USS Zephyr (PC-8)
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 USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8) |
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| Career US |   |
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| Ordered: | August 3, 1990 |
| Builder: | Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | March 6, 1993 |
| Launched: | December 3, 1993 |
| Acquired: | August 16, 1994 |
| Commissioned: | October 15, 1994 |
| Decommissioned: | October 1, 2004 |
| Status: | On loan to the United States Coast Guard |
| 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 Zephyr (PC-8) was built as a Cyclone class patrol coastal ship in the United States Navy. As of 8 October 2004 she was transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8).
Zephyr is the eighth ship of thirteen in the Cyclone-class. All ships in this class are named after weather elements. The Zephyr is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down March 6, 1993, by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana and launched December 3, 1993. She was commissioned on October 14, 1994 and decommissioned October 1, 2004. Currently on loan to the USCG.
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