USS Whirlwind (PC-11) was the eleventh Cyclone-class patrol ship. Whirlwind was laid down on 4 March 1994 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, and launched on 9 September 1994. She was commissioned on 1 July 1995 in Memphis, Tennessee. On 21 March 2022, Whirlwind was decommissioned at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. On 30 March 2022, she was commissioned by the Bahraini Navy as RBNS Al-Farooq.
U.S. Navy Lt. Mat Rechkemmer, center, the executive officer of coastal patrol ship USS Whirlwind (PC 11), shows an MK38 Mod 2 25 mm machine gun system to Boy Scouts during a ship tour at Mina Salman Pier 120107-N-OX597-070
U.S. Navy Lt. Mat Rechkemmer, top, the executive officer of coastal patrol ship USS Whirlwind (PC 11), helps a Cub Scout out of a hatch during a tour of the ship at Mina Salman Pier, Manama, Bahrain, Jan. 7 120107-N-OX597-185
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The coastal patrol ship USS Whirlwind (PC 11) approaches the guided missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), not shown, to conduct a personnel transfer Aug. 18, 2013, in the Persian Gulf 130818-N-QL471-188
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U.S. Navy Lt. Mat Rechkemmer, top, the executive officer of coastal patrol ship USS Whirlwind (PC 11), shows an MK38 Mod 2 25 mm machine gun system to Boy Scouts during a tour of the ship at Mina Salman Pier 120107-N-OX597-091
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US Navy 051215-N-2736O-327 The coastal patrol ship USS Hurricane (PC 3) prepares to moor pierside as it passes by the coastal patrol ship USS Whirlwind (PC 11) at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek