Ship Information

• Class and Type:  Cyclone-class patrol ship

• Length - 179 feet

• Beam (Maximum)- 25 feet

• Speed: 30+ knots

• Draft (Navigational)- 8 feet

• Displacement– 288 tons full load

• Complement– 4 Officers 23 Enlisted

• Ordered: 19 July 1991

• Builder: Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana

• Laid down: 9 June 1994

• Launched: 2 December 1994

• Acquired: 5 August 1995

• Commissioned: 7 October 1995

• Homeport: Manama, Bahrain

• Propulsion:  4 Paxman diesels, 4 propellers

Equipment

• 2 25mm Mk-38 machine guns

• 2 50.cal machine guns

• 2 Mk-19 Automatic grenade launchers