USS TEMPEST
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Keel Laid: September 30, 1991
Launched: April 4, 1992
Commissioned: August 21, 1993
Decommissioned: September 30, 2005
Recommissioned: August 22, 2008
Decommissioned: March 7, 2022

Builder: Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Lockport, LA.
Propulsion system: 4 - Paxman Diesels Valenta 16RP200M
Propellers: four
Length, overall: 170 feet (51.8 meters)
Beam: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
Draft: 7 6" feet (2.3 meters)
Displacement: approx. 331 tons 
Speed: 35 knots
Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted and 8 Special Forces personnel
Armament: 
 - 2 MK 38 MOD 2 25mm chain guns 
 - 2 .50 cal machine guns
 - 2 MK 19 automatic grenade launchers
 -  6 stinger missiles