USS Chinook (PC-9)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Chinook.

USS Chinook (PC-9)
History
United States
NameChinook
NamesakeChinook
OperatorUnited States Navy
Ordered19 July 1991
BuilderBollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down16 June 1993
Launched26 February 1994
Acquired7 October 1994
Commissioned28 January 1995
Decommissioned28 March 2023
In service1995
HomeportManama, Bahrain
IdentificationPC-9
Motto"Stealth Courage Swiftness"
StatusDecommissioned
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeCyclone-class patrol ship
Displacement331 tons
Length174 ft (53 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft7.5 ft (2.3 m)
PropulsionFour 3,350shp Paxman diesel engines, four shafts
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried		Single RHIB Craft
TroopsEight Special Warfare Det. or USCG Det.
Complement4 officers, 24 Enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carriedNone
Aviation facilitiesNone
One of two crew-served Mk 38 25 mm autocannons carried aboard Chinook in 2003

The second USS Chinook (PC-9) is the ninth Cyclone-class patrol ship of the United States Navy. Contract awarded 19 July 1991 to Bollinger Shipyards, her keel was laid 16 June 1993, and she was launched 26 February 1994. She was delivered on 7 October 1994 and commissioned on 28 January 1995. She was decommissioned on 28 March 2023.[1]

Service history

On 10 January 2023, Chinook, along with sister patrol ship USS Monsoon (PC-4) and guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), stopped and boarded a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was smuggling over 2000 AK-47 assault rifles.[2]

Chinook was decommissioned on 28 March 2023.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "2 ex-US Cyclone patrol boats to join BRP Mariano Alvarez in Navy fleet". Philstar Global. 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ Epstein, Jake (10 January 2023). "US Navy Ships Caught a Fishing Boat Smuggling Over 2,000 AK-47 Rifles from Iran". Military.com. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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