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Squall (PC 7)



Call sign:
November - Sierra - Quebec - Lima
Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down, 17 February 1993 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport, LA; Launched, 28 August 1993; Commissioned 4 July 1994 at St. Louis, MO; Active, in commission, home ported at 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 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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Hurricane 121k U.S. Navy patrol craft Hurricane (PC 3) (foreground), Zephyr (PC 8) (left) and Squall 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 151k 13 May 1997
U.S. Navy Patrol Craft (front to back) Hurricane (PC 3), Squall, 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
Squall 185k 4 June 2000
Pearl Harbor, HI
Starboard bow view of the Squall tied up forward of Coronado (AGF 11) at the quay, Berth S-1, at Merry Point. She is painted in a splinter camouflage scheme. Squall is taking part in Operation RIMPAC 2000.
Defense Visual Information Center photo DN-SC-02-05631 by Don S. Montgomery, USN, Ret.		 Bill Gonyo
Squall 225k c. June 2004
Photo by IT2 Mark Aure, USN		 LT Bart Denny, USN
Commanding
There is no DANFS history available for Squall (PC-7).
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