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PC-4 Monsoon


Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down 15 February 1992 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport LA.; Launched 10 October 1992; Commissioned USS Monsoon (PC-4), 22 January 1994; Presnet Disposition, Active in-Commission, Homeport, San Diego, CA.

Specifications: Displacement 328.5 t(lt), 331 t.(fl); Length 170'; Beam 25'; Draft less than 8'; Speed 35k; Complement 4 Officers, 24 Enlisted, 8 Special Warfare det or USCG det; Armament two MK.38 25mm; two .50-cal machine guns, six Stinger missiles, two MK19 automatic granade launcher, one MK52 Mod 0 chaff launcher; Propulsion, four Paxman diesel engines, 4 shafts, 3,350 Shaft Horsepower.
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Monsoon 126k 22 January 1994
commissioning ceremony
photo by Phil Musick (PC-1134)
courtesy E J Comeau (PC553/1228)
Monsoon 172k 22 January 1994
commissioning ceremony
photo by Phil Musick (PC-1134)
courtesy E J Comeau (PC553/1228)
Monsoon 108k - E J Comeau (PC553/1228)
Monsoon 79k US Navy photo -

There is no DANFS history available for Monsoon (PC-4) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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