USS Zephyr
.jpg) USS Zephyr (PC-8) | |
| History | |
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  United States | |
| Ordered: | 3 August 1990 |
| Builder: | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 6 March 1993 |
| Launched: | 3 December 1993 |
| Acquired: | 16 August 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 15 October 1994 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 2004 |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Motto: | Leading The Charge |
| Nickname(s): | The Eight Ballers |
| Status: | in active service. Loaned to the United States Coast Guard 2004-2011, transferred back to the U.S Navy late 2011 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
| Displacement: | 331 tons |
| Length: | 174 ft (53 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught: | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 28 men |
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USS Zephyr (PC-8) is a Cyclone class patrol coastal ship in the United States Navy.
Zephyr is the eighth ship of thirteen in the Cyclone-class. All ships in this class are named after weather elements. Zephyr is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down 6 March 1993, by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 December 1993. She was commissioned on 14 October 1994 and decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8).
The CGC Zephyr was the first cutter deployed to respond to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire.[1]
Zephyr was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-8.[2][3]
Zephyr is currently undergoing repairs at Colonas Shipyards in Norfolk, Virginia.
References
- ↑ http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/go/doc/3043/621903/
- ↑ "Patrol Coastal Ships - PC". U.S. Navy. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
- navsource.org: USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8)
- Federation of American Scientists, Cyclone class ship characteristics
