The Cyclone-class patrol craft is the Navy's smallest ship -- but it packs a punch

US Customs and Border Protection Gigantic warships equipped with massive amounts of firepower, like Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Nimitz-class carriers, immediately spring to mind when we think "United States Navy." But not every ship in service is a seafaring behemoth — in fact, some vessels are quite small. The smallest warships in US Navy service are Cyclone-class patrol craft. The Navy acquired 14 of these ships for special operations work in the 1990s. These small vessels weigh rough...