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Douglas (PG-100)
ex-PGM-100

Tacoma Class Gunboat: Laid down as PGM-100 by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA; Launched, 19 June 1970; Commissioned USS Douglas (PG-100), 6 February 1971; Decommissioned 1 October 1977 at Little Creek, VA; Struck from the Navy Register 1 October 1977; Transferred to the David Taylor Naval Research and Development Center Annapolis MD; Converted to a Research Vessel and renamed R/V Lauren and operated with the Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, U.S. Navy at Panama City Beach, FL; Sunk on a sandbank off the coast of North Carolina 30 April 2008 for use as a target for fighter pilots from MCAS Cherry Point, NC.

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 with controllable pitch propellers.

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USS Douglas (PG 100)
Douglas 142k U.S. Navy photo Tom Langford
Douglas 96k U.S. Navy photo from the March 1975 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
PG-86/87/98/100 68k 6 December 1976
Barcelona, Spain.
Ready (PG 87) in foreground, inboard with Grand Rapids (PG 98) outboard. Background inboard is Douglas with Antelope (PG 86) inboard. Note that Antelope and Ready are fitted with Mk-87 fire control systems, with antenna inside domes, whereas Grand Rapids and Douglas have a Mk-63 fire control system, with an SPG-50 radar antenna on the gun mounts.		 Fabio Peņa
PG-86/87/98/100 48k 6 December 1976
Barcelona, Spain.		 Fabio Peņa
Antelope 143k Decommissioning program Tom Langford
R/V Lauren
Douglas 85k The research vessel Lauren explodes as Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point's explosive ordnance disposal team detonates explosives onboard April 30 set to sink the ship. Formerly the patrol gunboat Douglas, the ship will be used to provide targets for an aerial gunnery range on base.
Photo by Lance Corporal Amy S. Shaver, USMC		 Lee Wahler
There is no DANFS history available for Douglas (PG-100).
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