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PG-88 Crockett


Patrol Gunboat Association
Asheville Class Gunboat; Laid down at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma WA; Commissioned USS Crockett (PG-88), 24 June 1967; Transferred to the Naval Reserve Force, 1 July 1975; Decommissioned, 1 October 1976; Struck from the Naval Register, 15 December 1976; Final Disposition, transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 14 March 1977.

Specifications: Displacement 240 (lt), 285 (fl) t; Length 164' 6"; Beam 24'; Draft 5' 2" (lt), 9' 6" (fl); Speed 40 kts; Complement 4Officers, 33 Enlisted; Armament one single mount 3"/50 gun, one single mount 40mm gun , two twin .50-cal mg mounts, GPCS MK-63 MOD 29 with AN/SPG-50 Radar; Propulsion, two 12 cyl. 725 hp Cummins diesels engines, GE model 7 LM 1500 gas turbine engine, 2 controllable pitch propellers, 13,300shp.
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Crockett 144k - Paul McGurgan via
Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W McManuels ETCM (SW) Ret
Crockett 111k - -
Crockett 54k Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam. c. 1968 David Meahl
Crockett 52k Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam. c. 1968 David Meahl
Crockett 57k Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam. c. 1968 David Meahl
Crockett 50k Dewatering on the Song Cau Lon, Vietnam. C. 1969. Patrol Gunboat Association

View the Crockett (PG-88) Unofficial History entry located on the Patrol Gunboat Association Web Site.
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