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USS SQUALL is the seventh CYCLONE - class patrol coastal boat. From November 2001 on, the CYCLONE - class ships were temporarily operated under US Coast Guard control for homeland defense.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: August 3, 1990 |
| Keel laid: February 17, 1993 | |
| Launched: August 28, 1993 | |
| Commissioned: July 4, 1994 | |
| 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 | |
| Homeport: Little Creek, Va. | |
| 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 SQUALL. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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