Navy Gulf Coast history

Today (Jan. 27) in Gulf Coast history: Coastal Patrol Ship USS Shamal (PC 13) is commissioned in 1996 at Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport, La. In 2014, Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) was commissioned at Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Ala. (Source: Naval History Command 01/27/16)