USS Tempest (PC-2)

	USS Tempest (PC-2)
History
United States
Name	Tempest
Namesake	a type of violent, windy storm
Ordered	3 August 1990
Builder	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Laid down	30 September 1991
Launched	4 April 1992
Sponsored by	Sara Livingston
Commissioned	21 August 1993
Identification	Hull symbol: PC-2; Call sign: NTAC; ;
Motto	"Perseverance and Courage"
Fate	Transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 1 October 2004
Badge
United States
Name	Tempest
Acquired	1 October 2004
Identification	Hull symbol: WPC-2
Fate	Transferred to the US Navy, 22 August 2008
United States
Name	Tempest
Acquired	22 August 2008
Decommissioned	7 March 2022
Home port	Manama, Bahrain
Fate	Transferred to Bahrain
Bahrain
Name	RBNS Al-Gurairiyah (الغريرية)
Acquired	30 March 2022
Identification	Hull number (70)
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	4 × Paxman marine diesel engines (13,400 shp (10,000 kW) combined)
Propulsion	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 Tempest (PC-2) was the second of the Cyclone-class of United States Navy coastal patrol ships, named for various weather phenomena. She was transferred to the US Coast Guard as USCGC Tempest (WPC-2), on 1 October 2004, and placed in 'Commission Special' status until December 2005, when she was formally commissioned as a Coast Guard cutter. She was returned to the US Navy on 22 August 2008.