USS Whirlwind (PC-11)
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USS Whirlwind (PC-11)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Whirlwind |
Namesake | Whirlwind |
Ordered | 19 July 1991 |
Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
Laid down | 4 March 1994 |
Launched | 9 September 1994 |
Acquired | 11 April 1995 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1995 |
Decommissioned | 21 March 2022[1] |
Homeport | Manama, Bahrain |
Motto | Second To None |
Status | Decommissioned |
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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, 8 Special Forces |
Armament |
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USS Whirlwind (PC-11) is the eleventh Cyclone-class patrol ship. Whirlwind was laid down on 4 March 1994 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, and launched on 9 September 1994. She was commissioned on 1 July 1995 in Memphis, Tennessee. On 21 March 2022, Whirlwind was decommissioned at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Whirlwind Crew Marks End of Ship's U.S. Navy Service at Decommissioning". United States Navy. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- 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.
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