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Tucumcari (PGH 2)

Tucumcari Class Patrol Gunboat (Hydrofoil): Laid down, 1 September 1966 at the Marine Branch of Boeing Company's Aerospace Group, Seattle, Wash; Launched, 16 July 1968; Placed in service, 7 March 1968; Lost due to grounding on a coral reef at Caballo Blanco, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 16 November 1972; Struck from the Navy Register 7 November 1973; Transferred to the Naval Ship and Research Development Center, Annapolis, MD. She was subsequently used as a test hulk for structural evaluation and fire containment tests into the mid-1970's. Scrapped in 1973.

Specifications: Displacement 57 t.; Length 80'; Beam 22'; Draft 14'; Speed 50kts; Complement 13; Armament one 40mm gun mount, four .50 cal. machine guns, one 81 mm mortar; Propulsion, Proteus gas turbine.
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Tucumcari 32k U.S. Navy photo International Hydrofoil Society web site
Tucumcari 78k U.S. Navy photo International Hydrofoil Society web site
Tucumcari 41k U.S. Navy photo International Hydrofoil Society web site
Tucumcari 90k U.S. Navy photo International Hydrofoil Society web site
Tucumcari 58k . Stan Svec
Tucumcari59kTucumcari being transported on board USS Coronado (LPD 11) from the west coast to Norfolk.Bill Foss
Tucumcari 111k c. 1969
Being transported to Vietnam on board Gunston Hall (LSD 5)		 Cliff Boxer
Wood County 8k c. March 1971 to February 1972
Wood County (LST-1178) see here with Tucumcari (PGH-2) on her main deck		 LST Home Port
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Tucumcari 117k U.S. Navy photo from the March 1971 edition of "All Hands" magazine Joe Radigan
Tucumcari 47k U.S. Navy photo from the March 1971 edition of "All Hands" magazine Joe Radigan
Tucumcari 44k U.S. Navy photo from the March 1971 edition of "All Hands" magazine Joe Radigan
Tucumcari 68k U. S. Navy photo from the August 1972 edition of "All Hands" magazine Joe Radigan
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