USS Monsoon (PC-4) is the fourth Cyclone-class patrol ship. Monsoon was laid down by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana on 15 February 1992 and launched 10 October 1992. She was commissioned 22 January 1994 by the United States Navy. She was decommissioned 1 October 2004 and loaned to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Monsoon (WPC-4). She was returned to the U.S. Navy on 22 August 2008, and decommissioned again on 28 March 2023.[1]
,_left,_and_USS_Monsoon_(PC_4)_make_their_way_down_the_Hudson_River_en_route_to_Fleet_Week_New_York_2010.jpg) USS Monsoon (PC-4) sailing up the Hudson River in May 2010.
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| Namesake | Monsoon |
| Ordered | 3 August 1990 |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 15 February 1992 |
| Launched | 10 October 1992 |
| Acquired | 20 September 1993 |
| Commissioned | 22 January 1994 |
| Decommissioned | 28 March 2023 |
| Homeport | Manama, Bahrain |
| Motto | Strike with fury. |
| 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) |
| Draft | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 Paxman Vallenta 1600 MPDE |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 7m RHIB |
| Complement | 4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces |
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History
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U.S. Coast Guard
editDuring her time as a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Monsoon, along with USCGC Boutwell helped with the arrest of Mexican drug kingpin Francisco Javier Arellano Félix in 2006 while he was deep-sea fishing off the Baja Peninsula. The crew of Monsoon took him into custody and his U.S. registered fishing boat, Dock Holiday, was towed back to San Diego from international waters by a Coast Guard patrol boat.[2]
Monsoon was decommissioned on 28 March 2023.
Notes
edit- Citations
- ^ NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Coastal Photo Archive. "USS Monsoon (PC-4), ex-USCGC Monsoon (WPC 4)". NavSource.org. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Alfano, Sean; "Feds Land A Big Fish", CBS News
- References used
- Alfano, Sean (16 August 2006). "Feds Land A Big Fish". CBS News. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
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.
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