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Chinook (PC-9)



Call sign:
November - Kilo - Romeo - Papa
Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down, 16 June 1993 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport, LA.; Launched, 26 February 1994; Commissioned 28 January 1995; Active, homeported at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk, VA.

Specifications: Displacement 328.5 t(lt), 331 t.(fl); Length 170'; Beam 25'; Draft less than 8'; Speed 35k; Complement 28, 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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Chinook 140k The U.S. Navy's Coastal Patrol Boat Chinook returns to her home at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk, VA, after completing a Mediterranean cruise. This deployment marked the second Mediterranean cruise for the Navy's new class of coastal patrol ships.
U.S. Navy photo 961101-N-5502-006 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class David Tilton		 Bill Gonyo
Chinook 62k . Robert Hurst
Chinook 94k 1 November 1996
In Hampton Roads, returning from a Mediterranean deployment		 Defense Visual Information Center
David Tilton
Chinook 113k 1 November 1996
In Hampton Roads, returning from a Mediterranean deployment		 Defense Visual Information Center
David Tilton
Chinook 101k 1 November 1996
In Hampton Roads, returning from a Mediterranean deployment		 Defense Visual Information Center
David Tilton
Chinook 80k 1 November 1996
In company with two rigid hull power boats carrying members of the SEAL teams as she returns to her homeport following a Mediterranean deployment. 		Defense Visual Information Center
David Tilton
Chinook 59k 18 January 2003
Deploying from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA. in support of operation Enduring Freedom. 		Bernard A. Cardali, USN
LST-308, WWII
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