USS Typhoon (PC-5) leaving Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Virginia. USS Oak Hill is in the background.
History
United States
Name
Typhoon
Namesake
Typhoon
Ordered
3 August 1990
Builder
Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down
15 May 1992
Launched
3 March 1993
Acquired
1 December 1993
Commissioned
12 February 1994
Decommissioned
28 February 2022[1]
Homeport
Manama, Bahrain
Motto
E Malacia ad Fulmina
Status
Decommissioned
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type
Cyclone-class patrol ship
Displacement
375 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 enlisted
Armament
(USN) 2 Mk38 chain guns
2 Mk19 grenade launchers
2 .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns
Griffin Missile System
USS Typhoon (PC-5) is the fifth United States Navy Cyclone-class patrol ship. Typhoon was laid down 15 May 1992 at Bollinger Shipyards, in Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 March 1993. She was commissioned 12 February 1994 in Tampa, Florida. As of 2008, Typhoon operates in the Persian Gulf, stationed in Manama, Bahrain since 2004 and is permanently crewed by a 24-person complement that performs maritime security operations in United States Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR).
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