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PC-5 Typhoon



Call sign:
November - Echo - Juliet - Papa


Courtesy of Mike Smolinski
Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ship: Laid down, 15 May 1992 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Lockport, LA; Launched, 3 March 1993; Commissioned USS Typhoon (PC-5), 12 February 1994 at Tampa, FL; Present Disposition, active, in commission; Homeport, Little Creek, VA.

Specifications: Displacement 288 t(lt), 334 t.(fl); Length 170'; Beam 25'; Draft less than 8'; Speed 35 kts; Complement, five officers, 23 enlisted, eight Special Warfare Det. or USCG Det.; Armament, two Mk 38 25mm; two .50 cal. machine guns, six Stinger missiles, two Mk 19 automatic grenade launchers, one Mk 52 Mod 0 chaff launcher; Propulsion, four Paxman diesel engines, 4 shafts, 3,350 shaft horsepower.


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Typhoon 51k 1 April 1993, Lockport, LA
The patrol craft Typhoon stands moored to a pier while undergoing construction at the Bollinger Machine Shop
and Shipyards.
Fred Weiss
Typhoon 104k 12 February 1994, Tampa, FL
Commissioning Ceremony
E. J. Comeau PC 553/1228
Typhoon 101k 12 February 1994, Tampa Bay, Florida
An overall view of the commissioning ceremony of the coastal patrol craft Typhoon showing the first crew, the Plankowner`s manning the rail as the ship comes to life at the Harbour Island ceremony.
Fred Weiss
Typhoon 66k . E. J. Comeau PC 553/1228
Typhoon 118k . E. J. Comeau PC 553/1228
Typhoon 100k Camouflage design by QM2 Vick.
Painted by BM2(SW) R. J. Taylor
BM2(SW) Raymond J. Taylor, USN

There is no DANFS history available for Typhoon (PC-5)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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