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USS Firebolt (PC-10) is the 10th member of the Cyclone class of coastal patrol boats of the United States Navy. She is a 174 ft (53 m) vessel with a crew of approximately 30 sailors, normally homeported at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek , Norfolk, Virginia .
This is a list of patrol vessels of the United States Navy.. Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P].
Cyclone-class patrol craft USS Firebolt (PC-10) passing the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in Virginia, USA. This starboard side view shows the vessel’s splinter camouflage scheme. In the 1980s, the U.S. Navy developed a requirement for a replacement for the Vietnam War-era PB Mk III small (65 ft (20 m)) patrol boats used to transport SEAL teams.
Don't look now, but some of the U.S. Navy's smallest warships could soon be packing considerably more heat. Cyclone-class Coastal Patrol boat USS Firebolt (PC-10). Photo: Wikimedia Commons. On ...
Bruckenthal's first tour to the Persian Gulf region was from April to June 2003. He departed home for his second deployment in February 2004 and was due to return that June. During both tours his detachment, LEDET 403, was assigned to the USS Firebolt. [3] [4]
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The service members were part of a seven-man visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from USS Firebolt, a 174-foot Cyclone-class coastal patrol boat conducting missions in the Northern Persian Gulf in support of OIF. Other members of the team, three Navy Sailors and one Coast Guardsman, were injured but survived the attack.