USS Chinook (PC-9)

	USS Chinook (PC-9)
History
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
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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	(USN) 2 Mk38 chain guns; 2 Mk19 grenade launchers; 2 .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns; 6 Stinger missiles;
Aircraft carried	None
Aviation facilities	None

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]

Service history

On 10 January 2023, Chinook, along with sister patrol ship USS Monsoon (PC-4) and guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), stopped and boarded a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was smuggling over 2000 AK-47 assault rifles.^[2]

Chinook was decommissioned on 28 March 2023.

Awards

Combat Action Ribbon (2003)
Meritorious Unit Citation – 2 awards (2000, 2013 to 2015)
Navy "E" Ribbon 3 awards (1998, 2003, 2015)
National Defense Service Medal with star
Iraq Campaign Medal with two campaign stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

References

^ "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.
^ Epstein, Jake (10 January 2023). "US Navy Ships Caught a Fishing Boat Smuggling Over 2,000 AK-47 Rifles from Iran". Military.com. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.