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Gallup (PG 85)
ex-PGM-85

Asheville Class Gunboat: Laid down, 27 April 1964 at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma WA; Launched, 15 June 1965; Delivered 21 October 1966; Commissioned USS Gallup (PGM-85), 22 October 1966; Recassified as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-85, 1 April 1967; Gallup's primary roll during the Vietnam War was that of patrolling and providing gunfire support, search and rescue and reconnaissance. With the end of U.S. participation in Vietnam Gallup conducted patrols throughout the Trust Territories while homeported in Guam. Transferred to the Naval Reserve Force in July 1975 Gallup was homeported in San Diego as a unit of Coastal River Squadron One and the Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Gallup's mission was to conduct training for two combat ready reserve crews. In this role Gallup frequently participated in major fleet and amphibious exercises, many time fulfilling the role of the "enemy. Decommissioned 31 January 1977; Struck from the Navy Register 9 October 1984; Transferred to control of the Naval Ships Research Center Carderock, MD along with the Canon PG-90 in July 1992. Instead of being activated as research vessels, both were heavily cannibalized to keep three other research ships active. Transferred to the Maritime Commission 6 August 2004 for disposal. Sold for scrap 13 May 2007 to ESCO Marine Inc. of Brownsville, TX; Removed from the Reserve Fleet 14 June 2007.

Specifications: Displacement 235 t; Length 154'; Beam 24'; Draft 5' 2" (lt), 9' 6" (fl); Speed 40 kts; Complement 24; Armament one 3"/50 gun mount, one 40mm gun mount , two twin .50 cal. machine guns, GPCS MK-63 MOD 29 with AN/SPG-50 Radar; Propulsion, CODOG (Combination Diesel and Gas Turbine) two 12 cyl. 725 hp Cummins diesels engines, General Electric Model 7 LM 1500 gas turbine engine, two controllable pitch propellers, 13,300shp. The CODOG system allows for diesel propulsion up to about 12 - 14 knots and marine gas turbine propulsion for speeds in excess of 35 knots.

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Gallup 64k - Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), Ret.
Gallup 94k U.S. Navy photo from the July 1968 edition of All
Hands magazine.		 Joe Radigan
Gallup 68k c. 1970
Off the coast of the DMZ in Vietnam.
Gallup coming alongside Niagara Falls (AFS-3) for unrep.		 Photo by William P. Jones, MD, USN Medical Officer, USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3)
Gallup 74k c. 1970
Off the coast of the DMZ in Vietnam.
Gallup leaving Niagara Falls (AFS-3) after unrep. 		Photo by William P. Jones, MD, USN Medical Officer, USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3)
Gallup 89k U.S. Navy photo from the July 1974 edition of All
Hands magazine.		 Joe Radigan
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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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