USS Thunderbolt

USS Thunderbolt in both Coast Guard and Navy markings.
History
United States
Ordered: 19 July 1991
Builder: Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down: 9 June 1994
Launched: 2 December 1994
Acquired: 5 August 1995
Commissioned: 7 October 1995
Homeport: Naval Support Activity Bahrain
Status: in active service
Badge:
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)
Complement: 4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces
Armament:

USS Thunderbolt (PC-12) is the twelfth Cyclone class patrol ship. Thunderbolt was laid down 9 June 1994 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, and launched 2 December 1994. She was commissioned by the United States Navy on 7 October 1995.

Operational history

In 2013,Thunderbolt shifted homeport to Naval Support Activity Bahrain, arriving pierside there on 3 July 2013.[1]

On 27 June 2017, Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Yuhas was relieved by Lt. Cmdr. Michael T. McAraw as commanding officer of Thunderbolt.[2]

On 25 July 2017, Thunderbolt fired warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessel. According to an unnamed US defense official source, "The IRGCN boat was coming in at a high rate of speed. It did not respond to any signals, they did not respond to any bridge-to-bridge calls, they (the USS Thunderbolt) felt there was no choice except to fire the warning shots."[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs (29 June 2017). "5th Fleet PC Force Grows to Eight Ships (Story Number: NNS130703-06)" (Press release). Naval Support Activity, Bahrain. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. ↑ U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs (3 July 2013). "New CO to Command Thunderbolt (Story Number: NNS170629-08)" (Press release). Manama, Bahrain. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ↑ AFP (25 July 2017). "US Navy ship fires warning shots at Iranian vessel". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2017-07-25.


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