Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Cyclone, [PC].

Callsign: NRBQ (     )

Builder: Bollinger Shipbuilding, Lockport, USA.
Laid down: 17 September 1993.
Launch date: 10 June 1994.
Commission date: 10 June 1995.
Dimensions ( metres ): 52 x 7,5 x 2.

Main machinery: 4 x Paxman marine diesels ( 14400 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 35.
Range ( miles ): 2500 at 12 knots.
Complement: 36 ( 4 officers, 8 special forces ).

Guns: 1 x 1 25mm Mk38 Bushmaster, 1 x 1 25mm Mk96, 2 x 2 12,7mm, 2 x 1 40mm Mk19 grenade launchers.
Missiles: SAM: 1 x 6 Stinger.

Radars: Navigation: 2100M.
Sonars: Wesmar.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x chaff launchers Mk52; ESM: AN/APR-39.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1996