Ordered 14 August 1997 Acquired 13 March 2000 Recommissioned 6 December 2011(USCG) Length 55 m Launched 7 June 1999 Displacement 300,300 kg | Laid down 25 August 1998 Commissioned 24 June 2000 Decommissioned 1 October 2004 Construction started 25 August 1998 Weight 336.3 tons Draft 2.29 m | |
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Builder Bollinger Shipyards, L.L.C. | ||
USS Tornado (PC-14) is the fourteenth and last Cyclone class patrol (coastal) ship, notable for being the only ship in the class designed with shaping features for signature management. She was laid down by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana 25 August 1998 and launched 7 June 1999. She was commissioned by the United States Navy 24 June 2000, decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Tornado (WPC-14).
Tornado was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-14.
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