USS Hurricane

USS Hurricane (PC-3)
History
United States
Name:	Hurricane
Ordered:	3 August 1990
Builder:	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down:	20 November 1991
Launched:	6 June 1992
Acquired:	21 July 1993
Commissioned:	15 October 1993
Homeport:	Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia
Nickname(s):	The Hurt and Pain
Status:	in active service, as of 2016
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:	(USN) 2 Mk38 chain guns 2 Mk19 grenade launchers 6 .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns 6 Stinger missiles

USS Hurricane (PC-3) is the third Cyclone class Patrol (coastal) ship. Her keel was laid at Bollinger Shipyards on 20 November 1991, and she was launched on 6 June 1992 and commissioned on 15 October 1993.

In 2012, Hurricane made port visits to various cities in the Great Lakes region to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

References

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• PC-1 Cyclone class Patrol Coastal Boats, Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Military Analysis Network.
• , "Fact File".