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The ''Asheville''-class gunboats were originally designated PGM motor gunboats, but were reclassified in 1967 as PG [[Patrol boat|patrol combatant]] ships. <ref>[http://www.gunboatriders.com/pubs/history_of_the_us_gunboat_navy.html History of the US Gunboat Navy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The ''Asheville''-class gunboats were originally designated PGM motor gunboats, but were reclassified in 1967 as PG [[Patrol boat|patrol combatant]] ships. <ref>[http://www.gunboatriders.com/pubs/history_of_the_us_gunboat_navy.html History of the US Gunboat Navy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

''Asheville'' class gunboats employed a [[Combined diesel or gas]] turbine (CODOG) propulsion system; twin Cummins Diesels for endurance, and a GE [[General Electric J79|LM1500]] gas turbine for high-speed dash.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 02:12, 30 November 2009


The Asheville class gunboats were a class of small military ships built for the United States Navy in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The class is named for a city in western North Carolina and the seat of Buncombe County. Most Asheville-class gunboats have since been donated to museums, scheduled for scrapping, or transferred to the Greek, Turkish, Colombian and South Korean Navies. The exceptions are the USS Chehalis (PGM-94) and USS Grand Rapids (PGM-98), which are operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center.[1]

The Asheville-class gunboats were originally designated PGM motor gunboats, but were reclassified in 1967 as PG patrol combatant ships. [2]

Asheville class gunboats employed a Combined diesel or gas turbine (CODOG) propulsion system; twin Cummins Diesels for endurance, and a GE LM1500 gas turbine for high-speed dash.

History

Ships

A total of 17 Asheville-class gunboats were built between 1966 and 1971.

Original commission

This is a list of the Asheville-class gunboats commissioned for the U.S. Navy. [3] [4]

(PG93, PG95, PG97, PG99 & PG101 were built by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI; most of the remaining PG84 class were built by Tacoma Shipyard)

Hellenic Navy

Two of the ships were transferred to the navy of Greece; both ships were in reserve from April 1977 before being refitted and transferred. The gas-turbine propulsion engines were removed prior to transfer and the ships were reclassified as coastal patrol craft.

Colombian National Armada

Turkish Navy

Republic of Korea Navy

Notes

  1. ^ USS CHEHALIS (PG-94)
  2. ^ History of the US Gunboat Navy
  3. ^ The ASHEVILLE CLASS Patrol Gunboat (PG)
  4. ^ PG 84 Asheville
  5. ^ http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/PG101.htm Naval Vessel Register: USS Green Bay
  6. ^ U.S.S. Green Bay (PG-101) Commissioning: HS Tolmi (P-229)
  7. ^ http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/PG99.htm Naval Vessel Register: USS Beacon
  8. ^ http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/PG92.htm Naval Vessel Register: USS Tacoma
  9. ^ a b c d http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/postwwii/government/namedsmallcombatants.htm
  10. ^ http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/PG93.htm Naval Vessel Register: USS Welch
  11. ^ Gunboat PG-96 Benicia
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