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Benicia (PG 96)


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Benicia served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.

Tacoma Class Gunboat; Laid down, 17 April 1968 at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA.; Launched, 20 December 1969; Commissioned USS Benicia (PG-96), 20 April 1970; ; Decommissioned, 2 October 1971 at San Diego, CA and transferred to South Korea as Paek Ku 11 (PGM 11), (Paek Ku means Seagull); Reclassified PGM-101; Struck from the Naval Register 30 August 1996; Decommissioned and scrapped, (date 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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Benicia 58k - Robert W Robb
via Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W McManuels ETCM (SW) Ret
Benicia 98k U.S. Navy photo Joe Radigan
Benicia 184k U.S. Navy photo from the April 1987 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Benicia 82k Paek Ku (PGM 11) Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for Benicia (PG-96)
View the Benicia (PG-96) Unofficial History entry located on the Patrol Gunboat Association Web Site.
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