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USCGC Monsoon (WPC 4)

ex-USS Monsoon (PC-4)



Call sign:
November - Mike - Sierra - November


Monsoon served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down 15 February 1992 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport LA.; Launched 10 October 1992; Commissioned USS Monsoon (PC-4), 22 January 1994; Decommissioned 1 October 2004 at San Diego, CA; Transferred to the Coast Guard 8 October 2004 as USCGC Monsoon (WPC 4).

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 3,350shp Paxman diesel engines, four shafts.

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USS Monsoon (PC 4)
Monsoon 126k 22 January 1994
Commissioning ceremony
Photo by Phil Musick (PC-1134)		 E. J. Comeau (PC553/1228)
Monsoon 172k 22 January 1994
Commissioning ceremony
Photo by Phil Musick (PC-1134)
E. J. Comeau (PC553/1228)
Monsoon 108k . E. J. Comeau (PC553/1228)
Monsoon 89k Hawaii
U.S. Navy photo		 Bill Gonyo
Hurricane 151k 13 May 1997
U.S. Navy Patrol Craft (front to back) Hurricane (PC 3), USS Squall (PC 7), USS Zephyr (PC 8) and Monsoon of Special Boat Squadron One, Special Boat Unit 12, Naval Base San Diego, cruise in formation off the coast of
San Diego.
U.S. Navy photo 970513-N-3149V-008 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffrey S. Viano		 Bill Gonyo
Monsoon 150k 13 May 1997
Monsoon from Special Boat Squadron One, Special Boat Unit 12, Naval Base San Diego, cruises off the coast of
San Diego.
U.S. Navy photo 970513-N-3149V-009 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffrey S. Viano
Bill Gonyo
USCGC Monsoon (WPC 4)
Monsoon 149k 26 May 2005
Outbound, approaching the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay
CAPT Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG, Ret.
Monsoon 164k 2 March 2007
Transiting San Francisco Bay outbound
CAPT Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG, Ret.
There is no DANFS history available for Monsoon (PC-4)
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