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USS SHAMAL was the 13th CYCLONE - class patrol coastal boat. From November 2001 on, the CYCLONE - class ships were temporarily operated under US Coast Guard control for homeland defense. On December 6, 2004, the SHAMAL was decommissioned and officially transfered to the US Coast Guard where she was recommissioned as USCGC SHAMAL (WPC 13).
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: July 19, 1991 |
| Keel laid: September 23, 1994 | |
| Launched: March 3, 1995 | |
| Commissioned: January 27, 1996 | |
| Decommissioned: December 6, 2004 | |
| Builder: Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Lockport, Louisiana | |
| Propulsion system:4 Paxman diesels | |
| Propellers: four | |
| Length: 170 feet (51.8 meters) | |
| Beam: 25 feet (7.6 meters) | |
| Draft: 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 331 tons | |
| Speed: 35 knots | |
| Aircraft: none | |
| Armament: 2 25mm Mk-38 machine guns; 2 .50 cal machine guns; 2 Mk-19 automatic grenade launchers; 6 stinger missiles | |
| Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted and 8 Special Forces personnel |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS SHAMAL. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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