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USS MONSOON was 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).
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: August 3, 1990 |
| Keel laid: February 15, 1992 | |
| Launched: October 10, 1992 | |
| Commissioned: January 22, 1994 | |
| Decommissioned: October 8, 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 MONSOON. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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