USS Shamal

USS Shamal (PC-13) is the thirteenth Cyclone class patrol (coastal) 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 underway off the coast of Northern Florida on 2 March 2016
History
United States
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
Recommissioned: 30 September 2011
Decommissioned: 1 October 2004
Homeport: Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida
Identification:
Motto: The Fury of the Storm
Status: in active service
Badge:
United States
Acquired: 1 October 2004
Homeport: Little Creek, Virginia
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Cyclone-class patrol ship
Displacement: 331 tons
Length: 174 ft (53 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:

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

She is scheduled to be decommissioned 31 March 2021[3]

References
  1. "Patrol Coastal Ships – PC". U.S. Navy. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. "USS Shamal (PC-13)". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  3. "Navy Will Inactivate 9 Ships in 2021". Seapower.


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