U.S. Navy Sidelines Cyclone-class Patrol Coastal Boats

DOCKED: The U.S. Navy said last week that inspections of its five Cyclone-class patrol coastal (PC) vessels homeported in Bahrain and Norfolk, Va., have revealed significant frame buckling and damage to the hull. In turn, the service is taking the ships out of operations in the Persian Gulf until...

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