USS ''Zephyr'' (PC-8) is a patrol coastal ship in the

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. ''Zephyr'' is the eighth ship of thirteen in the ''Cyclone'' class. All ships in this class are named after

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elements. ''Zephyr'' is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down 6 March 1993, by

Bollinger Shipyards Bollinger Shipyards is an American constructor of ships, workboats and patrol vessels. Its thirteen shipyards and forty drydocks are located in Louisiana and Texas. Its drydocks range in capacity from vessels of 100 tons displacement to 22,000 t ...

Lockport, Louisiana Lockport is a town on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,490 in 2020. It is part of the Houma, Louisiana, Houma–Bayou Cane, Louisiana, Bayou Cane–Thibodaux, ...

and launched 3 December 1993. She was commissioned on 14 October 1994 and decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the

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as USCGC ''Zephyr'' (WPC-8). ''Zephyr'' was the first Coast Guard cutter deployed to respond to the ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil rig fire. ''Zephyr'' was transferred back to the Navy on 30 September 2011, and is once again designated PC-8. ''Zephyr'' was decommissioned on 17 February 2021.

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External links

navsource.org: USCGC ''Zephyr'' (WPC-8)

Patrol vessels of the United States Cyclone-class patrol ships Ships of the United States Coast Guard Ships built in Lockport, Louisiana 1993 ships Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the United States Coast Guard {{US-mil-ship-stub