USS Cyclone
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USS Cyclone (PC-1) was the first of the Navy's Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships. As the lead ship of her class, Cyclone served as the test bed for this series of 14 vessels.
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USS Cyclone underway. | |
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United States | |
Name | Cyclone |
Namesake | Cyclone |
Ordered | 1 August 1990 |
Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
Cost | $25.69 million |
Laid down | 22 June 1991 |
Launched | 1 February 1992 |
Sponsored by | Betty LeMoyne |
Commissioned | 7 August 1993 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 2000 |
Stricken | 28 February 2000 |
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Fate | Transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 29 February 2000 |
Badge | |
United States | |
Name | Cyclone |
Acquired | 29 February 2000 |
Commissioned | 29 February 2000 |
Decommissioned | 2004 |
Identification | Hull symbol: WPC-1 |
Fate | Transferred to the Philippine Navy, 8 March 2004 |
Philippines | |
Name | General Mariano Alvarez |
Namesake | Mariano Álvarez |
Acquired | 8 March 2004 |
Identification | Hull symbol: PS-38 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
Displacement | |
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Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draft | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
Installed power | 13,400 shp (10,000 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems | Sperry Vision 2100M integrated navigation/combat system |
Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × MK 52 chaff launcher |
Armament |
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