USS Zephyr (PC 8)

- decommissioned -

USS ZEPHYR was the 8^th 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 October 1, 2004, the ZEPHYR was decommissioned and officially transfered to the US Coast Guard where she was recommissioned as USCGC ZEPHYR (WPC 8). The ZEPHYR re-transfered to the Navy on September 30, 2011.

On February 17, USS ZEPHYR held a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. On February 27, the ZEPHYR was officially decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list. She was subsequently scrapped.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: August 3, 1990
	Keel laid: March 6, 1993
	Launched: December 3, 1993
	Commissioned: October 15, 1994
	Decommissioned: October 1, 2004
	Recommissioned: September 30, 2011
	Decommissioned: February 27, 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 Mk-38 machine guns; 2 .50 cal machine guns; 2 Mk-19 automatic grenade launchers; 6 stinger missiles
	Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted and 8 Special Forces personnel

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS ZEPHYR. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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