&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Chinook_(PC-9).jpg) USS Chinook (PC-9)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Chinook |
| Namesake | Chinook |
| Operator | United States Navy |
| Ordered | 19 July 1991 |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 16 June 1993 |
| Launched | 26 February 1994 |
| Acquired | 7 October 1994 |
| Commissioned | 28 January 1995 |
| Decommissioned | 28 March 2023 |
| In service | 1995 |
| Homeport | Manama, Bahrain |
| Identification | PC-9 |
| Motto | "Stealth Courage Swiftness" |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Chinook_PC-9_Crest.png) |
| 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 | Four 3,350shp Paxman diesel engines, four shafts |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | Single RHIB Craft |
| Troops | Eight Special Warfare Det. or USCG Det. |
| Complement | 4 officers, 24 Enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | None |
| Aviation facilities | None |
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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]
- ^ "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.