USS Zephyr (PC-8)

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USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8)
USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8)
Career (US)
Ordered: 3 August 1990
Builder: Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down: 6 March 1993
Launched: 3 December 1993
Acquired: 16 August 1994
Commissioned: 15 October 1994
Decommissioned: 1 October 2004
Fate: On loan to the United States Coast Guard
General characteristics
Displacement: 331 tons
Length: 174 ft (53 m)
Beam: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught: 7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Speed: 35 knots
Range: 2000NM at 12KTS
Complement: 2 officers, 28 men
Armament: (USN) 2 Mk38 chain guns
2 Mk19 grenade launchers
2 .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns
6 Stinger missiles

USS Zephyr (PC-8) was built as a Cyclone class patrol coastal ship in the United States Navy. As of 8 October 2004 she was transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8).

Zephyr is the eighth ship of thirteen in the Cyclone-class. All ships in this class are named after weather elements. The Zephyr is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down 6 March 1993, by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 December 1993. She was commissioned on 14 October 1994 and decommissioned 1 October 2004. Currently on loan to the USCG.

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