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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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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.
- ↑ "Patrol Coastal Ships – PC". United States Navy. 10 November 2011. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=2000&ct=4.
- ↑ "USS Shamal Decommissioned at NS Mayport". 16 February 2021. https://news.wjct.org/post/slideshow-uss-shamal-decommissioned-ns-mayport.
- ↑ "USS Shamal NVR". https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_PC_13.HTML.
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