_commissioning.jpg) USCGC Tornado (WPC-14) in U.S. Coast Guard service in 2004
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| History | |
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| Name | Tornado |
| Namesake | Tornado |
| Ordered | 14 August 1997 |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 25 August 1998 |
| Launched | 7 June 1999 |
| Acquired | 13 March 2000 |
| Commissioned | 24 June 2000 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 2004 |
| Recommissioned | 30 September 2011 |
| Decommissioned | 18 February 2021 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Focused Precision |
| Status | Decommissioned, awaiting transfer to a foreign military partner |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
| Displacement | 331 tons |
| Length | 179 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Installed power | 2 CAT Marine SSDG |
| Propulsion | 4 Paxman Valenta Diesel Engines |
| Speed | 31 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried | USCG Over the Horizon |
| Crew | 3 officers, 2 chiefs, 25 enlisted |
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USS Tornado (PC-14) is the fourteenth and last Cyclone-class patrol ships, notable for being the only ship in the class designed with shaping features for signature management. She was laid down by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana 25 August 1998 and launched 7 June 1999. She was commissioned by the United States Navy 24 June 2000, decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Tornado (WPC-14).