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Canon (PG-90)
ex-PGM-90

Asheville Class Gunboat: Laid down 28 June 1966 at the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA as PGM-90; Reclassified as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-90, 28 March 1967; Launched, 10 June 1967; Commissioned USS Canon (PG-90), 28 July 1968; Decommissioned, 31 January 1977 at Naval Station San Diego, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, 9 October 1984; Placed on donation hold as a museum or memorial, 27 August 2002 at Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, PA.

Specifications: Displacement 240 (lt), 285 (fl) t; Length 164' 6"; Beam 24'; Draft 5' 2" (lt), 9' 6" (fl); Speed 40 kts; Complement four Officers, 33 Enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount , two twin .50 cal. mg mounts, GPCS MK-63 MOD 29 with AN/SPG-50 Radar; Propulsion, CODOG (Combination Diesel or Gas Turbine) two Cummins VT12-875 diesels engines, GE 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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Canon 33k - Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), Ret.
Canon 136k - Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), Ret.
Canon 81k Underway off Puget Sound, WA
U.S. Navy photo from the November 1971 edition of All Hands magazine-		 Joe Radigan
Canon 91k Canon with Tacoma (PG 92) astern.
U.S. Navy photo from the November 1972 edition of All Hands magazine		 Joe Radigan
Canon 62k In front of the Administration building at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on "Donation Hold." Peter P. Papadakos
Canon 51k . Peter P. Papadakos
Canon 55k . Peter P. Papadakos
Canon 40k .50 cal. machine gun mounting. Peter P. Papadakos
There is no DANFS history available for Canon (PG-90)
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