USS Tempest (PC-2)

USS Tempest (PC-2)
History
United States
Name	Tempest
Namesake	a type of violent, windy storm
Ordered	3 August 1990
Builder	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down	30 September 1991
Launched	4 April 1992
Sponsored by	Sara Livingston
Commissioned	21 August 1993
Identification	Hull symbol: PC-2 Call sign: NTAC
Motto	"Perseverance and Courage"
Fate	Transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 1 October 2004
Badge
United States
Name	Tempest
Acquired	1 October 2004
Identification	Hull symbol: WPC-2
Fate	Transferred to the US Navy, 22 August 2008
United States
Name	Tempest
Acquired	22 August 2008
Decommissioned	7 March 2022[1]
Homeport	Manama, Bahrain
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Cyclone-class patrol ship
Displacement	328.5 long tons (333.8 t) (light load) 331 long tons (336 t) (full load)
Length	170 ft (52 m) 179 ft (55 m) (refit)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Installed power	13,400 shp (10,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Paxman marine Diesel engines 4 × shafts
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	4 officers 24 enlisted 8 special forces
Sensors and processing systems	Sperry Vision 2100M integrated navigation/combat system
Electronic warfare & decoys	1 × MK 52 chaff launcher
Armament	2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) MK 38 "Bushmaster" chain gun (Aft mount removed in refit) 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) MK 19 grenade launchers 2 × .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber machine guns 6 × FIM-92 Stinger SAMs 1 × Mk96 25 mm cannon/40mm grenade launcher (Refit)

USS Tempest (PC-2) is the second of the Cyclone-class of United States Navy coastal patrol ships, named for various weather phenomena. She was transferred to the US Coast Guard as USCGC Tempest (WPC-2), on 1 October 2004, and placed in 'Commission Special' status until December 2005, when she was formally commissioned as a Coast Guard cutter. She was returned to the US Navy on 22 August 2008.