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Shamal (PC-13)



Call sign:
November - Sierra - Hotel - Alpha

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


Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down, 23 September 1994 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport, LA.; Launched, 3 March 1995; Commissioned USS Shamal (PC 13), 27 January 1996; Transferred to the Coast Guard 1 October 2004; Commissioned USCGC Shamal (WPC 13), 6 December 2004 at Pascagoula, MS.

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 MK38 25mm; two .50 cal. machine guns, six Stinger missiles, two MK19 automatic grenade launcher, one MK52 Mod 0 chaff launcher; Propulsion, four Paxman diesel engines, 4 shafts, 3,350 shaft horsepower.


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Shamal 51k Being moved from "Dry Dock." .
Shamal 51k Launching, Lockport LA, 3 March 1995 Brian Clough
Shamal 67k After launch. .
Shamal 62k View of four propellers. .
Shamal 76k U.S. Coast Guard photo .
Shamal 718k Welcome aboard pamphlet .

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