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USS ZEPHYR was the 8th 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 1, 2004, the ZEPHYR was decommissioned and officially transfered to the US Coast Guard where she was recommissioned as USCGC ZEPHYR (WPC 8). The ZEPHYR re-transfered to the Navy on September 30, 2011.
On February 17, USS ZEPHYR held a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. On February 27, the ZEPHYR was officially decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list. She was subsequently scrapped.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: August 3, 1990 |
Keel laid: March 6, 1993 | |
Launched: December 3, 1993 | |
Commissioned: October 15, 1994 | |
Decommissioned: October 1, 2004 | |
Recommissioned: September 30, 2011 | |
Decommissioned: February 27, 2021 | |
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 | |
Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted and 8 Special Forces personnel |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS ZEPHYR. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
USS ZEPHYR Image Gallery: