Ordered 3 August 1990 Acquired 16 August 1994 Decommissioned 1 October 2004 Construction started 6 March 1993 Length 53 m Displacement 300,300 kg | Laid down 6 March 1993 Commissioned 15 October 1994 Homeport Mayport, Florida Launched 3 December 1993 Weight 336.3 tons Draft 2.29 m | |
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Builder Bollinger Shipyards, L.L.C. | ||
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USS Zephyr (PC-8) is a Cyclone class patrol coastal ship in the United States Navy.
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Zephyr is the eighth ship of thirteen in the Cyclone-class. All ships in this class are named after weather elements. Zephyr is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down 6 March 1993, by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 December 1993. She was commissioned on 14 October 1994 and decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8).
The CGC Zephyr was the first cutter deployed to respond to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire.
Zephyr was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-8.
Zephyr is currently undergoing repairs at Colonas Shipyards in Norfolk, Virginia.
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