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Antelope (PG 86)
ex-PGM-86
Asheville Class Gunboat; Laid down, 1 June 1965 at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA as PGM-86; Launched, 18 June 1966; Redesignated a Patrol Gunboat 28 March 1967; Commissioned USS Antelope (PG-86), 4 November 1967; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 1 October 1977 at the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia Beach, VA; Transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 17 January 1978 and placed in service as an Ocean Survey Vessel; Renamed Peter W. Anderson in June 1985; Operated by the Metson Marine Services under contract to the EPA.
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, two controllable pitch propellers, 13,300shp.
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Souda Bay Crete Antelope just visible alongside Ready (PG 87) |
Capt. David Spiggs USN via Patrol Gunboat Association Terry W. McManuels ETCM (SW) Ret |
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Steaming under the Golden Gate bridge after a visit to San Francisco. U.S.Navy photo from the February 1968 edition of All Hands magazine |
Joe Radigan |
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U.S.Navy photo from the March 1968 edition of All Hands magazine |
Joe Radigan |
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U.S.Navy photo from the July 1974 edition of All Hands magazine |
Joe Radigan |
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Barcelona, Spain. 6 December 1976. Ready in foreground, inboard with Grand Rapids (PG 98) outboard. Background inboard is Douglas (PG 100) 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 |
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Barcelona, Spain. 6 December 1976. |
Fabio Peņa |
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Seen here as R/V Peter W Anderson at "Watershed '96," Baltimore, MD. Photo by Stelian Codaracea. |
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