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PGH-2 Tucumcari


Tucumcari Class Gunboat (Hydrofoil): Laid down, 1 September 1966 at the Marine Branch of Boeing Company's Aerospace Group, Seattle, Wash; Launched, 16 July 1968; Placed in service, 7 March 1968; Lost due to grounding on a coral reef at Caballo Blanco, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 16 November 1972; Struck from the Naval Register, 7 November 1973; Transferred to the Naval Ship and Research Development Center, Annapolis, MD. She was subsequently used as a test hulk for structural evaluation and fire containment tests into the mid-1970's. Scrapped in 1973.

Specifications: Displacement 57 t.; Length 80'; Beam 22'; Draft 14'; Speed 50kts; Complement 13; Armament one 40mm gun mount, four .50 cal. machine guns, one 81 mm mortar; Propulsion, Proteus gas turbine.
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Tucumcari 32k US Navy photo International Hydrofoil Society web site
Tucumcari 78k US Navy photo International Hydrofoil Society web site
Tucumcari 41k US Navy photo International Hydrofoil Society web site
Tucumcari 90k US Navy photo International Hydrofoil Society web site
Tucumcari 58k . Stan Svec
Tucumcari 59k Tucumcari being transported on board USS Coronado (LPD 11) from the west coast to Norfolk. Bill Foss
Wood County 8k c. March 1971 to February 1972, Wood County (LST-1178) see here with Tucumcari (PGH-2) on her main deck LST Home Port
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