USS Zephyr
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USS Zephyr (PC-8) is a decommissioned Cyclone-class patrol coastal ship of the United States Navy.
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USS Zephyr (PC-8) at Naval Station Mayport in 2020 | |
| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name | Zephyr |
| Namesake | Zephyr |
| Ordered | 3 August 1990 |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 6 March 1993 |
| Launched | 3 December 1993 |
| Acquired | 16 August 1994 |
| Commissioned | 15 October 1994 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 2004 |
| Recommissioned | 30 September 2011 |
| Decommissioned | 17 February 2021 |
| Stricken | 27 February 2021 |
| Identification | Callsign: NZPR |
| Motto | Leading The Charge |
| Nickname(s) | The Eight Ballers (USN), Rear Pier (USCG) |
| Status | Awaiting scrapping |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 28 men |
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Zephyr is the eighth ship of thirteen in the Cyclone class. All ships in this class are named after weather elements. Zephyr is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down 6 March 1993, by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 December 1993. She was commissioned on 14 October 1994 and decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8).
Zephyr was the first Coast Guard cutter deployed to respond to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire.[2]
Zephyr was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-8.[3]
