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Beacon (PG 99)


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Beacon served the Navies of the United States and Greece.



Ormi Call sign:
Sierra - Zulu - Victor - Foxtrot

Tacoma Class Gunboat; Laid down at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co,. Tacoma WA; Launched (date unknown); Commissioned USS Beacon (PG-99), 22 November 1969; Decommissioned, 22 April 1977; Struck from the Naval Register, June 1990; Final Disposition, transferred to Greece, 22 November 1989 and renamed Ormi (P-230). Served through 1995. Fate unknown.

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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Beacon 125k U.S. Navy photo from the December 1970 edition of All Hands Magazine Joe Radigan
Beacon 118k Beacon alongside Kitty Hawk (CVA 63)
U.S. Navy photo from the December 1970 edition of All Hands Magazine
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Beacon 98k U.S. Navy photo from the July 1974 edition of All Hands Magazine Joe Radigan
Green Bay 38k Seen here as Ormi (P 230) alongside Tolmi (P 229), ex-Green Bay (PG 101). Mark King
Beacon 98k Hellenic Navy photo Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for Beacon (PG-99)
View the Beacon (PG-99) Unofficial History entry located on the Patrol Gunboat Association Web Site.
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