USS Zephyr (PC-8) is a Cyclone class patrol coastal ship in the United States Navy. Zephyr is the eighth ship of thirteen in the Cyclone-class. All ships in this class are named after weather elements. Zephyr is the first Navy vessel to bear the name. She was laid down 6 March 1993, by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana and launched 3 December 1993. She was commissioned on 14 October 1994 and decommissioned 1 October 2004 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Zephyr (WPC-8). The CGC Zephyr was the first cutter deployed to respond to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire.
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