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PC-9 Chinook



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 USS Chinook (PC-9), 28 January 1995; Active, in-commission; 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 4 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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Chinook 94k Chinook in Hampton Roads, returning from a Mediterranean deployment, 1 November 1996. Defense Visual Information Center
David Tilton
Chinook 113k Chinook in Hampton Roads, returning from a Mediterranean deployment, 1 November 1996. Defense Visual Information Center
David Tilton
Chinook 101k Chinook in Hampton Roads, returning from a Mediterranean deployment, 1 November 1996. Defense Visual Information Center
David Tilton
Chinook 80k Chinook in company with two rigid hull power boats carrying members of the SEAL teams as she returns to her homeport following a Mediterranean deployment, 1 November 1996. Defense Visual Information Center
David Tilton
Chinook 59k 18 January 2003 -- Chinook deploys from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA. in support of operation Enduring Freedom. Bernard A. Cardali, USN
LST-308, WWII

There is no DANFS history available for Chinook (PC-9) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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