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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 .
[5] [6] The larger pirate skiff was soon set on fire by a .50 caliber tracer round fired from USS Gonzalez hitting and setting ablaze a 55-US-gallon (210 L; 46 imp gal) fuel drum, and burned to the waterline. [7] The two small skiffs were engaged and surrendered to USS Cape St. George upon seeing the larger skiff with all their fuel in flames. [7]
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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.
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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].
The destroyer USS John S. McCain was recently involved in a near-miss in the Middle East during a refueling. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John A. Miller ... Ten days after ...
Nathan B. "Nate" Bruckenthal (July 17, 1979 – April 24, 2004) was a United States coast guardsman who was killed in the Iraq War, becoming the first to die in wartime action since the Vietnam War.