USS Squall explained

USS Squall (PC-7) is the seventh . Squall was laid down 17 February 1993 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 28 August 1993. She was commissioned by the United States Navy 4 July 1994.

Operational history

In 2013, Squall shifted homeport to Naval Support Activity Bahrain.

On August 24, 2016, while operating in the northern end of the Persian Gulf, the Squall fired three .50 caliber machine gun warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards boat which had been harassing the Squall, the and a ship of the Kuwaiti Navy. During the encounter, the Iranian boat closed within of the Tempest and ignored earlier warnings to leave the area conveyed by radio and loud speaker and reinforced with the firing of flares. In accordance with standard maritime procedure, the warning shots were fired into the water. The Iranian boat then left the area.^{[1] [2]}

Squall was decommissioned on 14 March 2022 at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.^[3]

External links

• FAS
• navsource.org: USS Squall

Notes and References

1. Web site: Starr. Barbara. Gaouette. Nicole. Sciutto . Jim. Rizzo. Jennifer. CNN. First on CNN: US fires warning shots at Iranian vessel after close encounter . August 25, 2016. August 30, 2016.
2. News: Ryan . Missy. Gibbons-Neff. Thomas. The Washington Post. Navy patrol ship fires warning shots amid series of confrontations with Iranian vessels . August 25, 2016. August 30, 2016.
3. Web site: USS Squall. Naval Vessel Register.