Difference between revisions of "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.

External links

• navsource.org: USCGC Zephyr (WPC 8)
• NVR