PC-5 Typhoon

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Cyclone, [PC].

Builder: Bollinger Shipbuilding, Lockport, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Launch date: 03 March 1993.

Commission date: 12 February 1994.

Decommission date: 28 February 2022.

Displacement ( tons ): 328 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 52 x 7,6 x 2,2

Main machinery: 4 x Paxman Valenta 16RP200CM diesels ( 13.400 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 35.

Range ( miles ): 2.500 at 12 knots.

Complement: 28 ( 4 officers ) + 8 Marines or Seals.

Guns: 2 x 25mm Mk38, 2 x 12,7mm, 2 x 40mm grenade launchers Mk19.

Missiles:  SAM: 1 sextuple Stinger launcher.

Radar: Surface: Raytheon RASCAR, E/F/I/J bands; Navigation: Raytheon SPS64(V)9, I banda.

Sonar: Wesmar, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x chaff launchers Mk 52 Mod 0; ESM: APR39; Radar warning.

Callsign: NEJP ()

Comment: Transferred to Bahrain, renamed Damsah.

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