USS Hurricane

	USS Hurricane in 1994
History
United States
Name	Hurricane
Namesake	Hurricane
Ordered	3 August 1990
Builder	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down	20 November 1991
Launched	6 June 1992
Sponsored by	Elizabeth W. Cantrell
Commissioned	15 October 1993
Decommissioned	20 March 2023
Home port	Manama, Bahrain
Identification	Hull symbol: PC-3; Call sign: NHAP; ; MMSI number: 368963000;
Motto	"Strength Honor Courage"
Nickname(s)	The Hurt and Pain
Fate	Transferred to the Egyptian Navy
Badge
Egypt
Name	Khaled Bin Elwaled
Namesake	Khalid ibn al-Walid
Acquired	21 March 2023
Identification	720
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Cyclone-class patrol ship
Displacement	328.5 long tons (333.8 t) (light load); 331 long tons (336 t) (full load);
Length	170 ft (52 m); 179 ft (55 m) (refit);
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Installed power	13,400 shp (10,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Paxman marine Diesel engines; 4 × shafts;
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	4 officers; 24 enlisted; 8 special forces;
Sensors &; processing systems	Sperry Vision 2100M integrated navigation/combat system
Electronic warfare; & decoys	1 × MK 52 chaff launcher
Armament	2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) MK 38 "Bushmaster" chain gun (Aft mount removed in refit); 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) MK 19 grenade launchers; 2 × .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber machine guns; 6 × FIM-92 Stinger SAMs; 1 × Mk96 25 mm cannon/40mm grenade launcher (Refit);

USS Hurricane (PC-3) was the third of the Cyclone-class of United States Navy coastal patrol ships, named for various weather phenomena.