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Asheville (PG 84)
ex-PGM-84


Asheville Class Gunboat; Laid down, 15 April 1964 at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA; Launched, 1 May 1965; Commissioned USS Asheville (PGM-84), 6 August 1966; Redesignated Patrol Gunboat , PG-84, 1 April 1967; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 31 January 1977; Transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy 11 April 1977. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 240 (lt), 285 (fl) t; Length 164' 6"; Beam 24'; Draft 5' 2" (lt), 9' 6" (fl); Speed 40 kts; Complement four officers, 33 enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount , two twin .50 cal. machine gun mounts, GPCS MK-63 MOD 29, with AN/SPG-50 Radar; Propulsion, CODOG (Combination Diesel or Gas Turbine) two 12 cyl. 725 hp Cummins diesels engines, GE model 7 LM 1500 gas turbine engine, two controllable pitch propellers, 13,300shp. The CODOG system allows for diesel propulsion up to about 12 - 14 knots and marine gas turbine propulsion for speeds in excess of 35 knots.


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Asheville 67k - Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), Ret.
Asheville 30k - Joe Fyke
Asheville 97k U.S. Navy photo from the June 1965 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Asheville 98k U.S. Navy photo from the June 1965 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Asheville 176k c. 6 August 1966.
Begining her speed trial in the Pacific
U.S.Navy photo 1116783.
Photo enhanced by Tom Kermen
PH1 W. M. Nash, USN
Asheville 103k U.S. Navy photo from the July 1974 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan

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