USS Whirlwind (PC-11)
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.jpg) USS Whirlwind (PC-11)
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| History | |
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| Name | Whirlwind |
| Namesake | Whirlwind |
| Ordered | 19 July 1991 |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 4 March 1994 |
| Launched | 9 September 1994 |
| Acquired | 11 April 1995 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1995 |
| Decommissioned | 21 March 2022[1] |
| Homeport | Manama, Bahrain |
| Motto | Second To None |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
| Displacement | 331 tons |
| Length | 174 ft (53 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces |
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USS Whirlwind (PC-11) is the eleventh Cyclone-class patrol ship. Whirlwind was laid down on 4 March 1994 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, and launched on 9 September 1994. She was commissioned on 1 July 1995 in Memphis, Tennessee. On 21 March 2022, Whirlwind was decommissioned at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Whirlwind Crew Marks End of Ship's U.S. Navy Service at Decommissioning". United States Navy. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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