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File:USS Shamal (PC-13) underway off the coast of Northern Florida in March 2016.JPG
Shamal underway off the coast of Northern Florida on 2 March 2016
Career (United States)
Name: Shamal
Namesake: Shamal
Operator: United States Navy
Ordered: 19 July 1991
Builder: Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down: 23 September 1994
Launched: 3 March 1995
Acquired: 31 October 1995
Commissioned: 27 January 1996
Decommissioned: 1 October 2004
Recommissioned: 30 September 2011
Decommissioned: 16 February 2021
Struck: 26 February 2021
Identification:
Motto: The Fury of the Storm
Status: Awaiting Scrapping
Badge: File:USS Shamal PC-13 Crest.png
Career (United States)
Acquired: 1 October 2004
Homeport: Little Creek, Virginia
Badge: File:USCGC Shamal WPC-13 COA.png
General characteristics
Class & type: Cyclone-class patrol ship
Displacement: 331 tons
Length: 179 ft (55 m)
Beam: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft: 7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement: 4 officers, 24 enlisted
Armament:

USS Shamal (PC-13) was the thirteenth Cyclone-class patrol ship. Shamal was laid down 23 September 1994 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 March 1995. She was commissioned 27 January 1996. Decommissioned by the United States Navy 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard and recommissioned the USCGC Shamal (WPC-13).

Shamal was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and was once again designated PC-13.[1][2]

Shamal was decommissioned on 16 February 2021 at Naval Station Mayport.[3][4]

References[]

  • 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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