---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------美国海军在万维网上的美国海军信息办公室服务，华盛顿特区向comment@chinfo.navy.mil发送反馈/问题网站在互联网上找到，网址为http://www.navy.mil -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------以下是国防部长助理办公室（公共事务）发布的：No. 357-00（703）695-0192（媒体）（703）697-5737（公共/工业）即时发布，2000年6月22日，海军巡逻队巡逻船龙卷风（PC 14）巡逻队巡逻队，巡逻队沿海船舶（PC）（PC）（PC14），将于2000年6月24日星期六上午10点在EDT仪式上举行，在弗吉尼亚州诺福克的Nauticus International Pier。将发表仪式的主要讲话。琳达·安妮·里奇·鲍曼（Linda Anne Rich Bowman）是海军校长弗兰克·L·鲍曼（Frank L.在悠久的海军传统中，鲍曼（Bowman）将命令“曼我们的船并将她栩栩如生！”这堂课的船以天气现象命名。 One previous ship, the Civil War-era monitor Winnebago, was briefly renamed Tornado from June to August of 1869. The primary mission of ships in this class is to conduct coast patrol, surveillance and maritime interdiction operations in support of Naval special warfare and other special operations forces. Tornado is equipped with two 25mm MK 38 machine guns; two .50 caliber machine guns; two MK 19 automatic grenade launchers; and six Stinger missiles. The ship can accommodate eight fully-equipped Navy Sea, Air, and Land team members or other special forces personnel. Navy Lt. R. Trevor King, of Chesapeake, Va., will be the ship's commanding officer with a crew of four officers and 24 enlisted personnel. Tornado will operate out of the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va. Built by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., Tornado is 170 feet in length, has a beam of 25 feet, and displaces 331 tons when fully loaded. Four diesels power the ship to speeds of 35 knots. -USN-