USS Cyclone (PC 1)

- decommissioned -

USS CYCLONE was the lead ship of the Navy's CYCLONE - class of patrol coastal boats. The ship was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on February 28, 2000, and was given to the US Coast Guard the next day. There, the CYCLONE was re-commissioned as USCGC CYCLONE (WPC 1). Serving in this role for another four years, the ship was finally transfered to the Philippines on March 8, 2004, where the CYCLONE entered naval service as BRP MARIANO ALVAREZ (PS 38).

General Characteristics:	Awarded: August 3, 1990
	Keel laid: June 22, 1991
	Launched: February 1, 1992
	Commissioned: August 7, 1993
	Decommissioned: February 28, 2000
	Builder: Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Lockport, Louisiana
	Propulsion system:4 Paxman diesels
	Propellers: four
	Length: 170 feet (51.8 meters)
	Beam: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
	Draft: 7.5 feet (2.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 331 tons
	Speed: 35 knots
	Aircraft: none
	Armament: 2 25mm Mk-38 machine guns; 2 .50 cal machine guns; 2 Mk-19 automatic grenade launchers; 6 stinger missiles
	Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted and 8 Special Forces personnel

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS CYCLONE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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