Ordered 19 July 1991 Acquired 31 October 1995 Recommissioned 30 September 2011 Construction started 23 September 1994 Length 53 m Displacement 300,300 kg | Laid down 23 September 1994 Commissioned 27 January 1996 Decommissioned 1 October 2004 Launched 3 March 1995 Weight 336.3 tons Draft 2.29 m | |
Builder Bollinger Shipyards, L.L.C. | ||
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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 was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-13.
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