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PC-10 Firebolt


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Call sign:
November - Romeo - Bravo - Quebec

Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down, 17 September 1993 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport, LA.; Launched, 10 June 1994; Commissioned USS Firebolt (PC-10), 10 June 1995; Present Disposition, Active, in commission, Homeport, 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 four officers, 24 enlisted, eight Special Warfare Det. or USCG Det.; Armament two MK.38 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, four shafts, 3,350 shp.
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Firebolt 61k - Brian Clough
Firebolt 118k Aerial starboard beam view as Firebolt returns from a Mediterranean deployment. 1 November 1996 David Tilton
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Firebolt 93k Aerial port beam view as Firebolt returns from a Mediterranean deployment. 1 November 1996 David Tilton
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Firebolt 91k Aerial starboard beam view as Firebolt returns from a Mediterranean deployment. 1 November 1996 David Tilton
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There is no DANFS history available for Firebolt (PC-10) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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