USS Tempest (PC-2) is the second of the Cyclone-class of United States Navy coastal patrol ships, named for various weather phenomena. She was transferred to the US Coast Guard as USCGC Tempest (WPC-2), on October 1, 2004, and placed in ‘Commission Special’ status until December 2005, when she was formally commissioned as a Coast Guard cutter. She was returned to the US Navy on August 22, 2008.

USS Tempest (PC-2) is the second of the Cyclone-class of United States Navy coastal patrol ships, named for various weather phenomena. She was transferred to the US Coast Guard as USCGC Tempest (WPC-2), on October 1, 2004, and placed in ‘Commission Special’ status until December 2005, when she was formally commissioned as a Coast Guard cutter. She was returned to the US Navy on August 22, 2008.
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