Thunderbolt served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.Specifications: Displacement 328.5 t(lt), 331 t.(fl); Length 170'; Beam 25'; Draft less than 8'; Speed 35k; Complement 28 and 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 3,350bhp Paxman 16CM Model 16RP200M diesel engines, Reintjes Model WVS 2232 (2.025:1) reduction gear, four shafts.
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42k | c. 1998 Seen here in both Coast Guard and Navy markings. U.S. Coast Guard photo by David Schuffholz |
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110k | 17 November 2007 Hampton Roads, outbound from Norfolk, VA |
Gil Bohannon | |
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238k | 30 November 2007 Baltimore, MD Moored in the Inner Harbor for the Army-Navy game |
Wendell Royce McLaughlin, Jr. | |
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159k | 30 November 2007 Baltimore, MD Moored in the Inner Harbor for the Army-Navy game |
Wendell Royce McLaughlin, Jr. | |
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164k | 1 December 2007 Inner harbor Baltimore, MD Photo taken through the number one periscope aboard the museum submarine Torsk SS-423 |
Gil Bohannon | |
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