USS Squall
USS Squall (PC-7) is the seventh Cyclone-class patrol ship. Squall was laid down 17 February 1993 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 28 August 1993. She was commissioned by the United States Navy 4 July 1994.
USS Squall underway in the Arabian Sea on 10 September 2016 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Squall |
| Namesake | Squall |
| Ordered | 3 August 1990 |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 17 February 1993 |
| Launched | 28 August 1993 |
| Acquired | 9 May 1994 |
| Commissioned | 4 July 1994 |
| Decommissioned | 14 March 2022[1] |
| Homeport | Naval Support Activity Bahrain |
| Motto | "Per Mare Per Terras" (By sea and land) |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| 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 ratings, 8 Special Forces |
| Armament |
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Operational history edit
In 2013, Squall shifted homeport to Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
On August 24, 2016, while operating in the northern end of the Persian Gulf, the Squall fired three .50 caliber machine gun warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards boat which had been harassing the Squall, the USS Tempest and a ship of the Kuwaiti Navy. During the encounter, the Iranian boat closed within 200 yards (180 m) of the Tempest and ignored earlier warnings to leave the area conveyed by radio and loud speaker and reinforced with the firing of flares. In accordance with standard maritime procedure, the warning shots were fired into the water. The Iranian boat then left the area.[2][3]
Squall was decommissioned on 14 March 2022 at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "USS Squall". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ Starr, Barbara; Gaouette, Nicole; Sciutto, Jim; Rizzo, Jennifer (August 25, 2016). "First on CNN: US fires warning shots at Iranian vessel after close encounter". CNN. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^ Ryan, Missy; Gibbons-Neff, Thomas (August 25, 2016). "Navy patrol ship fires warning shots amid series of confrontations with Iranian vessels". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- 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 edit
- FAS
- navsource.org: USS Squall