USS Zephyr (original) (raw)

USS Zephyr (PC-8) is a Cyclone-class patrol coastal ship in the United States Navy. Zephyr is the eighth ship of thirteen in the Cyclone class. All ships in this class are named after weather elements. Zephyr is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down 6 March 1993, by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 December 1993. She was commissioned on 14 October 1994 and decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8). Zephyr was decommissioned on 17 February 2021.