Commissioning Information
IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 1994 (703) 697-5342
(Public)
NAVY TO COMMISSION COASTAL PATROL SHIP ZEPHYR (PC
8)
The U.S. Navy will commission the coastal patrol
ship, Zephyr (PC 8), in a ceremony to be held on Saturday,
October 15, 1994, at the Barge Dock in Corpus Christi,
Texas, commencing at 10 a.m. Barbara A. Andrews, state
office manager for Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska,
is the ship's sponsor. Steven S. Honigman, general
counsel of the Navy, will be the principal speaker
at the ceremony. Zephyr is the eighth of 13 Cyclone
Class ships authorized by Congress. These ships are
named for weather elements. No previous U.S. Navy
ships have borne this name. Zephyr's primary mission
is maritime special operations, which includes conducting
coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance -- an
important aspect of littoral operations outlined in
the Navy's strategy, "Forward ...From the Sea."
These ships will also provide full mission support
for naval special operations forces. Coastal patrol
ships are armed with one Stinger missile station,
40MM grenade launchers, .50 caliber machine guns and
25MM chain guns. The ship will be manned by a crew
of four officers and 24 enlisted personnel, is 170
feet in length, has a beam of 25 feet and displaces
approximately 331 tons fully loaded. Lieutenant R.
Allen Stubblefield, Jr., U.S. Navy, a native of Houston,
Texas, will be the ship's commanding officer. -USN-
Christening Information
IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 1994 (703)697- 5737(public/industry)
NAVY TO CHRISTEN COASTAL PATROL SHIPS ZEPHYR (PC
8) AND CHINOOK (PC 9)
A joint christening ceremony will be held for the
patrol ships Zephyr (PC 8) and Chinook (PC 9) on Saturday,
March 12, 1994 at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard,
in Lockport, Louisiana, commencing at 11 a.m. Barbara
Andrews, an assistant to Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska,
is the sponsor for Zephyr. Sandra K. Saville, Attorney-at-Law,
of Anchorage, Alaska, will sponsor Chinook. In the
age old naval tradition, a bottle of champagne will
be broken across the bow by the sponsors, and the
ships will be formally assigned their names. Senator
Stevens will be the ceremony's principal speaker.
Zephyr (PC 8) and Chinook (PC 9) are the eighth and
ninth ships of 13 Cyclone class vessels scheduled
to be commissioned by the Navy. Each will carry the
name of a weather element. The ships' primary mission
of conducting coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance
is an important aspect of littoral operations as outlined
in the Navy's strategy, "...From the Sea."
The ships will also provide full mission support for
naval special warfare forces. The ships' armament
includes a Stinger missile station, 40MM grenade launchers,
.50 caliber machine guns and 25MM chain guns. Each
coastal patrol ship will be manned by a crew of four
officers and 24 enlisted personnel, is 170 feet in
length, has a beam of 25 feet and displaces approximately
313 tons fully loaded.
