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USS Tornado PC-14

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USS Tornado

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USCGC Tornado (WPC 14)
History
United States
Ordered:	14 August 1997
Builder:	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down:	25 August 1998
Launched:	7 June 1999
Acquired:	13 March 2000
Commissioned:	24 June 2000
Recommissioned:	6 December 2011 (USCG)
Decommissioned:	1 October 2004
Homeport:	Jacksonville, Florida
Identification:	MMSI number: 369987000 Callsign: NTDO
Motto:	Focused Precision
Status:	in active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Cyclone-class patrol ship
Displacement:	331 tons
Length:	179 ft (55 m)
Beam:	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught:	7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Installed power:	2 CAT Marine SSDG
Propulsion:	4 Paxman Valenta Diesel Engines
Speed:	31 knots
Boats & landing craft carried:	USCG Over the Horizon
Crew:	3 officers, 2 chiefs, 25 enlisted
Armament:	(USN) 2 × Mk38 chain guns 2 × Mk19 grenade launchers 2 × .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns 6 × Stinger missiles

USS Tornado (PC-14) is 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 Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana 25 August 1998 and launched 7 June 1999. She was commissioned by the United States Navy 24 June 2000, decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Tornado (WPC-14).