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USS SHAMAL was the 13th CYCLONE - class patrol coastal boat. From November 2001 on, the CYCLONE - class ships were temporarily operated under US Coast Guard control for homeland defense. On December 6, 2004, the SHAMAL was decommissioned and officially transfered to the US Coast Guard where she was recommissioned as USCGC SHAMAL (WPC 13). The SHAMAL was re-transfered to the Navy on September 30, 2011.
On February 16, USS SHAMAL held a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. On February 26, the SHAMAL was officially decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list. She was subsequently scrapped.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: July 19, 1991 |
Keel laid: September 23, 1994 | |
Launched: March 3, 1995 | |
Commissioned: January 27, 1996 | |
Decommissioned: December 6, 2004 | |
Recommissioned: September 30, 2011 | |
Decommissioned: February 26, 2021 | |
Builder: Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Lockport, Louisiana | |
Propulsion system:4 Paxman diesels | |
Propellers: four | |
Length: 170 feet (51.8 meters) | |
Beam: 25 feet (7.6 meters) | |
Draft: 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) | |
Displacement: approx. 331 tons | |
Speed: 35 knots | |
Aircraft: none | |
Armament: 2 25mm 2 Mk-19 automatic grenade launchers; 6 stinger missiles | |
Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted and 8 Special Forces personnel |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS SHAMAL. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
USS SHAMAL Image Gallery: