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USS MONSOON is the fourth 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 October 8, 2004, the MONSOON was decommissioned and officially transfered to the US Coast Guard where she was recommissioned as USCGC MONSOON (WPC 4). Transfered back to the Navy and recommissioned as USS MONSOON on August 22, 2008, the MONSOON is presently homeported in Manama, Bahrain.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: August 3, 1990 |
Keel laid: February 15, 1992 | |
Launched: October 10, 1992 | |
Commissioned: January 22, 1994 | |
Decommissioned: October 8, 2004 | |
Recommissioned: August 22, 2008 | |
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 2 Mk-19 automatic grenade launchers; 6 stinger missiles | |
Homeport: Manama, Bahrain | |
Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted and 8 Special Forces personnel |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS MONSOON. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
USS MONSOON Image Gallery: