The Philippine Navy commissioned two recently acquired patrol vessels in a ceremony in Manila on Monday, September 11. The two former US Navy Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships ex-USS Monsoon and ex-USS Chinook have been formally welcomed into Philippine service as BRP Valentin Diaz and BRP...
Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships assigned to Patrol Coastal Squadron 1 (PCRON 1) sail in formation during a divisional tactics exercise in 2014. US Navy Photo
The U.S. Navy decommissioned the last two Cyclone-class patrol ship at Naval Support Activity Bahrain last month, bringing the almost three-decade-long service of the PCs to an end. The Cyclones that have patrolled in and out of the Persian Gulf are set for foreign service. Over the last two years, the remaining PCs have been transferred...
Two decommissioned US Navy patrol vessels were formally handed over to the Philippine government in a ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, March 28. The Cyclone-class ..
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Vessels of the US Navy Fifth Fleet operating in the Middle East have intercepted and seized a stateless vessel carrying over 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles destined for Houth ..
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Vessels of the US Navy and the US Coast Guard intercepted a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman smuggling lethal aid, including a large quantity of explosive material, fro ..
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The US Navy said it prevented a support ship from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel (USV) operated by the ..
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The US Navy decommissioned one of its ten remaining Cyclone-class coastal patrol craft in a ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain on Wednesday, February 23. The near ..
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On January 18, ships of the US Navy Fifth Fleet interdicted a stateless fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman nearly a year after the same vessel was caught smuggling illici ..
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The US Navy Cyclone-class patrol coastal ships USS Shamal (pictured), USS Zephyr, and USS Tornado were recently decommissioned in separate ceremonies at Naval Station ..
