USS Whirlwind (PC-11)
Cyclone-class patrol ship
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USS Whirlwind (PC-11) was the eleventh Cyclone-class patrol ship. Whirlwind was laid down on 4 March 1994 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, and launched on 9 September 1994. She was commissioned on 1 July 1995 in Memphis, Tennessee. On 21 March 2022, Whirlwind was decommissioned at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.[1] On 30 March 2022, she was commissioned by the Bahraini Navy as RBNS Al-Farooq.[2]
.jpg) USS Whirlwind (PC-11) | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Whirlwind |
| Namesake | Whirlwind |
| Ordered | 19 July 1991 |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 4 March 1994 |
| Launched | 9 September 1994 |
| Acquired | 11 April 1995 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1995 |
| Decommissioned | 21 March 2022[1] |
| Home port | Manama, Bahrain |
| Motto | Second To None |
| Badge |  |
 Bahrain | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | 30 March 2022 |
| Identification | Hull number (74) |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
| Displacement | 331 tons |
| Length | 174 ft (53 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 24 men, 8 Special Forces |
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