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Tornado (PC 14)


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Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down, 25 August 1998 at Bollinger Machine and Shipyard, Lockport, LA.; Launched, 7 June 1999; Commissioned USS Tornado (PC 14), 24 June 2000 at Nauticus International Pier, Norfolk, VA; Present Disposition, Active, Atlantic Fleet, 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./USCG Det; Armament two Mk 38 25mm; two .50 cal. machine guns, six Stinger missiles, two Mk19 automatic grenade launcher, one Mk 52 Mod 0 chaff launcher; Propulsion, four Paxman diesel engines, 4 shafts, 3,350 bhp at 1540 rpm.


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Tornado 53k Nauticus International Pier, Norfolk, VA prior to commissioning. PHAN Chris Lawley
Tornado 56k Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk, VA. George Paradise
Tornado 59k Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk, VA. George Paradise

There is no DANFS history available for Tornado (PC 14) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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