USS Monsoon

USS Monsoon (PC-4) is the fourth Cyclone-class patrol ship. Monsoon was laid down by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana on 15 February 1992 and launched 10 October 1992. She was commissioned 22 January 1994 by the United States Navy. She was decommissioned 1 October 2004 and loaned to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Monsoon (WPC-4). She was returned to the U.S. Navy on 22 August 2008, and decommissioned again on 28 March 2023.^[1]

USS Monsoon (PC-4)

USS Monsoon (PC-4) sailing up the Hudson River in May 2010.
History
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Name	USS Monsoon (PC-4) USCGC Monsoon (WPC-4)
Namesake	Monsoon
Ordered	3 August 1990
Builder	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down	15 February 1992
Launched	10 October 1992
Acquired	20 September 1993
Commissioned	22 January 1994
Decommissioned	28 March 2023
Homeport	Manama, Bahrain
Motto	Strike with fury.
Status	Decommissioned
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General characteristics
Class & type	Cyclone-class patrol ship
Displacement	331 tons
Length	174 ft (53 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Propulsion	4 Paxman Vallenta 1600 MPDE
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	7m RHIB
Complement	4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces
Armament	(USN) 2 M242 Bushmaster MK38 Mod 2 chain guns 2 Mk19 grenade launchers 2 .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns 8 AGM-176 Griffins

History

Francisco Javier Arellano Felix escorted off USCGC Monsoon by DEA agents

U.S. Coast Guard

During her time as a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Monsoon, along with USCGC Boutwell helped with the arrest of Mexican drug kingpin Francisco Javier Arellano Félix in 2006 while he was deep-sea fishing off the Baja Peninsula. The crew of Monsoon took him into custody and his U.S. registered fishing boat, Dock Holiday, was towed back to San Diego from international waters by a Coast Guard patrol boat.^[2]

Monsoon was decommissioned on 28 March 2023.