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USS Thunderbolt (PC-12)
Little Creek, VA
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UIC:
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22146
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Class:
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PC 1
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Fleet:
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Atlantic
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Status:
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Active,
in commission
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Homeport:
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NORFOLK,
VA (LITTLE CREEK)
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Date status
changed:
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10/07/1995
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Berth:
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Maintenance
Category:
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Force:
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Auxiliary
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MARAD
Type:
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Builder:
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BOLLINGER
MACHINE
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Delivery
Date:
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08/05/1995
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Award Date:
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07/19/1991
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Age (since
delivery):
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4.2 years
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Keel Date:
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06/09/1994
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Commission
Date:
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10/07/1995
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Launch Date:
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12/02/1994
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Decommission
Date:
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Age (since
launch)
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4.8 years
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Years
from Commission to Decommission:
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Accommodations:
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Officers:
5
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Enlisted:
23
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Custodian:
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US NAVY
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Ships Program
Manager:
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325
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Planning
Yard:
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Puget Sound
(DET) Boston, Boston, MA
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Commissioning Information
PATROL COASTAL SHIP THUNDERBOLT (PC 12) TO BE COMMISSIONED
AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
The patrol coastal ship Thunderbolt (PC 12) will
be commissioned at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 7,
1995, at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Wade R. Sanders, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Reserve Affairs, will be the ceremony's
principal speaker. Jane Spratt, the ship's sponsor,
will attend the ceremony. Also attending will be the
Honorable Ed Rendell, Mayor of Philadelphia; Rear
Admiral Raymond C. Smith, Jr., Commander, Special
Warfare Command; and Major General James C. McCombs,
U.S. Air Force, Director of Resources, U.S. Special
Operations Command. Thunderbolt is the 12th of 13
Cyclone Class patrol ships authorized by Congress.
Named for a weather element, the ship's primary mission
is coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance, an
important aspect of littoral operations outlined in
the Navy's strategy, "Forward...From the Sea."
The ship will also provide full mission support for
Navy SEALs and other special operations forces. Patrol
coastal ships are armed with a Stinger missile station,
40mm grenade launchers, .50 caliber machine guns and
25mm chain guns. Thunderbolt has a crew of four officers
and 24 Sailors, is 170 feet in length, has a beam
of 24 feet, and displaces approximately 331 tons fully
loaded. Lieutenant Commander Brad Williamson, USN,
from Levittown, Pennsylvania, will be the ship's commanding
officer. Media wishing to attend the ceremony should
contact Lieutenant Commander Jim Fallin or Lieutenant
Commander Ken Braithwaite at the Command Information
Bureau established on the cruiser Olympia at Penn's
Landing, (215) 922-6265/1898.
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