Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online:
Motor Gunboat / Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive
Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Marathon (PG 89)
ex-PGM-89

Asheville Class Gunboat: Laid down as Motor Gunboat, PGM-89, 21 June 1966 at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA ; Reclassified as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-89, 28 March 1967; Launched, 22 April 1967; Commissioned USS Marathon (PG-89), 11 May 1968; Decommissioned, 31 January 1976; Struck from the Naval Register 15 December 1976 and transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy as a training vessel.

Specifications: Displacement 240 (lt), 285 (fl) t; Length 164' 6"; Beam 24'; Draft 5' 2" (lt), 9' 6" (fl); Speed 40 kts; Complement 37; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount , two twin .50 cal. machine gun mounts, GPCS Mk-63 Mod 29 with AN/SPG-50 Radar; Propulsion, CODOG (Combination Diesel or Gas Turbine) two 12 cyl. 725 hp Cummins diesels engines, GE model 7 LM 1500 gas turbine engine, 2 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.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
Marathon 119k - Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), Ret.
Marathon 79k - Tom Hayden
View the Marathon (PG-89)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Motor Gunboat (PGM) Photo Index
Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page created by Gary P. Priolo and maintained by Joe Radigan
© 2006 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2006 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.