USS Tornado (PC-14)

USS Tornado (PC-14)

USS "Tornado" (PC-14) was the fourteenth and last Cyclone class Patrol (coastal) ship, notable for being the only ship in the class designed with shaping features for signature management. She was laid down by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana August 25, 1998 and launched June 7, 1999. She was commissioned by the United States Navy June 24, 2000, decommissioned October 1, 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC "Tornado" (WPC-14).

External links

* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/pc-1.htm FAS]
* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/PC14.htm NVR]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/0314.htm Navsource]


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