USS Whirlwind (PC-11) 

USS Whirlwind (PC-11)
USS Whirlwind (PC-11)
Career (US) United States Navy Ensign
Ordered: 19 July 1991
Builder: Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down: 4 March 1994
Launched: 9 September 1994
Acquired: 11 April 1995
Commissioned: 1 July 1995
Homeport: Manama, Bahrain
Motto: Second To None
Fate: Active
General characteristics
Displacement: 331 tons
Length: 174 ft (53 m)
Beam: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught: 7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Speed: 35 knots
Complement: 4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces
Armament: (USN) 2 Mk38 chain guns
2 Mk19 grenade launchers
2 .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns
6 Stinger missiles

USS Whirlwind (PC-11) is the eleventh Cyclone class Patrol (coastal) ship. Whirlwind was laid down 4 March 1994 by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 9 September 1994. She was commissioned 1 July 1995.

External links

USS Whirlwind in the Persian Gulf, October 2006

The first commanding officer was LT David D. Schweizer. The first Command Senior Chief was Chadwick K. Troyer.

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