Ordered 3 August 1990 Acquired 9 May 1994 Status in active service Launched 28 August 1993 Weight 336.3 tons Draft 2.29 m | Laid down 17 February 1993 Commissioned 4 July 1994 Construction started 17 February 1993 Length 53 m Displacement 300,300 kg | |
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Homeport Naval Support Activity Bahrain Builder Bollinger Shipyards, L.L.C. | ||
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USS Squall (PC-7) is the seventh Cyclone class patrol (coastal) ship. Squall was laid down 17 February 1993 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 28 August 1993. She was commissioned by the United States Navy 4 July 1994.
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Operational history
In 2013, Squall shifted homeport to Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
On August 24, 2016, while operating in the northern end of the Perisan Gulf, the Squall fired three .50 caliber machine gun warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards boat which had been harassing the Squall, the USS Tempest and a ship of the Kuwati navy. During the encounter, the Iranian boat closed within 200 yards of the Tempest and ignored earlier warnings to leave the area conveyed by radio and loud speaker and reinforced with the firing of flares. In accordance with standard maritime procedure, the warning shots were fired into the water. The Iranian boat then left the area.
