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Hurricane (PC-3)


Call sign:
November - Hotel - Alpha - Papa
Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down 20 November 1991 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport LA.; Launched 6 June 1992; Commissioned 15 October 1993; Present Disposition, Active in-Commission, Homeport, San Diego, CA.

Specifications: Displacement 328.5 t(lt), 331 t.(fl); Length 170'; Beam 25'; Draft less than 8'; Speed 35k; Complement four officers, 24 enlisted, eight Special Warfare Det. or USCG Det.; Armament two Mk 38 25mm; two .50-cal. machine guns, six Stinger missiles, two Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher, one Mk 52 Mod 0 chaff launcher; Propulsion four Paxman diesel engines, four shafts, 3,350 shp.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
Hurricane 194k 28 September 1993
NAS North Island for the formal commissioning ceremony of the ship.
Defense Visual Information Center photo DN-SC-94-01477 by PH2 Ted Banks		 Bill Gonyo
Hurricane 121k U.S. Navy patrol craft Hurricane (foreground), Zephyr (PC 8) (left) and Squall (PC 7) from Special Boat Squadron 1, Special Boat Unit 12, Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, Ca, cruise in formation off the coast of San Diego.
Defense Visual Information Center photo 970513-N-3149V-007		 Bill Gonyo
Hurricane 65k c. 1994
U.S. Navy photo		 Bill Gonyo
Hurricane 151k 13 May 1997
U.S. Navy Patrol Craft (front to back) Hurricane, USS Squall (PC 7), USS Zephyr (PC 8) and USS Monsoon (PC 4) of Special Boat Squadron One, Special Boat Unit 12, Naval Base San Diego, cruise in formation off the coast of San Diego.
Defense Visual Information Center photo 970513-N-3149V-008 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffrey S. Viano		 Bill Gonyo
There is no DANFS history available for Hurricane (PC-3)
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
USS Hurricane (PC 3)
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