USS Zephyr

USS Zephyr (PC-8) approaching Naval Station Mayport in 2014
History
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: Mayport, Florida
Identification:
Motto: Leading The Charge
Nickname(s): The Eight Ballers, Rear Pier (USCG)
Status: in active service. Loaned to the United States Coast Guard 2004-2011, transferred back to the U.S Navy late 2011
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)
Range: 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 4 officers, 28 men
Armament:
  • 2 x Mk38 mod 3 guns with 7.62 mm co-axial guns[1]
  • 2 x Mk19 grenade launchers
  • 2 x .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns

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.[2]

Zephyr was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-8.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "USS Zephyr (PC 8) Counters Illicit Trafficking in Caribbean". www.defensemedianetwork.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017. We have also recently been outfitted with the Mk 38 Mod 3 25mm Gun Weapon System with a 7.62 co-axial gun – the first in the fleet.
  2. ↑ http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/go/doc/3043/621903/
  3. ↑ "Patrol Coastal Ships - PC". U.S. Navy. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "USS Zephyr (PC 8)". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

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