USS Sirocco
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USS Sirocco (PC-6) is the sixth Cyclone-class patrol ship of the U.S. Navy. Sirocco was laid down 20 June 1992 by Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana. The ship was launched 29 May 1993, and sponsored by Mrs. Kathleen Smith, wife of RADM Raymond C. Smith, Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command. She was commissioned by the Navy 11 June 1994. As of 2016, the ship was stationed in Bahrain performing coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance in the region. She was decommissioned on 20 March 2023.[1][2]
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USS Sirocco | |
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Name | Sirocco |
Namesake | Sirocco |
Ordered | 3 August 1990 |
Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
Laid down | 20 June 1992 |
Launched | 29 May 1993 |
Acquired | 11 March 1994 |
Commissioned | 11 June 1994 |
Decommissioned | 20 March 2023 |
Homeport | Manama, Bahrain |
Status | Decommissioned |
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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) |
Complement | 4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces |
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