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Courtesy of HTC Ron Reeves, USN, Ret.

Defiance (PG-95)
ex-PGM-95

Tacoma Class Gunboat: Laid down 3 October 1967 as PGM-95 by Peterson Builders Inc, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Commissioned USS Defiance (PG-95), 24 September 1969; Decommissioned, 11 June 1973 at Izmir, Turkey and transferred to the Turkish Navy; Renamed Yildirim (P 338); Destroyed by an explosion and fire, 11 April 1985 off the Greek island of Mitelene in the north east Aegean Sea; Struck from the Navy Register 6 July 1987.

Specifications: Displacement 250 t.; Length 165'; Beam 24'; Speed 40k; Armament one 3"/50 gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, two twin .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion diesel, two shafts

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
Defiance 41k - Gunboat Riders
Defience 19k - Gunboat Riders
Defience 184k . CAPT John Kost, USN, Ret.
Defience 106k U.S. Navy photo from the January 1970 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Defience 95k U.S. Navy photo from the January 1970 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Defience 41k c. 1971
Mediterranean Sea
Photo taken from RFA Tidespring (A 75)		 CAPT John Kost, USN, Ret.
There is no DANFS history available for Defiance (PG-95)
View the Defiance (PG-95) Unofficial History entry located on the Gunboat Riders Web Site.
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