Keywords: USCGC Tornado (WPC-14) commissioning.jpg 041206-N-6344D-001 Pascagoula Miss Dec 6 2004 � U S Coast Guardsmen man the rails of Coast Guard patrol craft USCGC Tornado WPC 14 was commissioned as an active U S Coast Guard cutter in a formal ceremony at the Naval Station Pascagoula Miss on Dec 6 Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm Thomas Collins and Sen Thad Cochran R-MS were among the guest speakers at the commissioning ceremony The Tornado is former U S Navy patrol craft transferred to the Coast Guard under a memorandum of agreement between the Navy and Coast Guard signed in Oct 2004 The vessel �s primary missions will be to conduct homeland security drug and alien migrant interdiction search and rescue operations in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico under the guidance of the Commander Coast Guard Atlantic Area http //www navy mil/management/photodb/photos/041206-N-6344D-001 jpg 041206-N-6344D-001 jpg from http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 19407 2004-12-06 U S Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Kim DeJong RELEASED PD-USN Cyclone class cutters Tornado Cyclone class patrol coastal ships Tornado Naval Station Pascagoula Ship commissioning in the United States Coast Guard Manning the rail in the United States Navy |