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Typhoon (PC 5)



Call sign:
November - Echo - Juliet - Papa
Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down, 15 May 1992 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport, LA; Launched, 3 March 1993; Commissioned 12 February 1994 at Tampa, FL; Present Disposition, active, in commission; Homeport, Little Creek, VA.

Specifications: Displacement 288 t(lt), 334 t.(fl); Length 170'; Beam 25'; Draft less than 8'; Speed 35 kts; Complement 28 enlisted, eight Special Warfare Det. or USCG Det.; Armament, two Mk 38 25mm mounts; two .50 cal. machine guns, six Stinger missiles, two Mk 19 automatic grenade launchers, one Mk 52 Mod 0 chaff launcher; Propulsion four 3,350shp Paxman diesel engines, four shafts.

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Typhoon 51k 1 April 1993
Lockport, LA
The patrol craft Typhoon stands moored to a pier while undergoing construction at the Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyards.		 Fred Weiss
Typhoon 104k 12 February 1994
Tampa, FL
Commissioning Ceremony		 E. J. Comeau PC 553/1228
Typhoon 101k 12 February 1994
Tampa Bay, Florida
An overall view of the commissioning ceremony of the coastal patrol craft Typhoon showing the first crew, the Plankowner`s manning the rail as the ship comes to life at the Harbour Island ceremony.		 Fred Weiss
Typhoon 66k . E. J. Comeau PC 553/1228
Typhoon 148k . E. J. Comeau PC 553/1228
Typhoon 100k Camouflage design by QM2 Vick.
Painted by BM2(SW) R. J. Taylor		 BM2(SW) Raymond J. Taylor, USN
Typhoon 141k Flying the CO's University of Texas flag. M. Munro
Typhoon 140k Port Gentil, Gabon M. Munro
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