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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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Ready/Antelope 129k Souda Bay Crete
Antelope just visible alongside Ready (PG 87)
Capt. David Spiggs USN via
Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels ETCM (SW) Ret
Antelope 193k 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
Antelope 147k U.S.Navy photo from the March 1968 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Antelope 260k U.S.Navy photo from the July 1974 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Antelope 46k USN Photo -
PG-86/87/98/100 68k 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
PG-86/87/98/100 48k Barcelona, Spain. 6 December 1976. Fabio Peņa
Antelope 125k Seen here as R/V Peter W Anderson at "Watershed '96," Baltimore, MD. Photo by Stelian Codaracea. Environmental Protection Agency

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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USS Antelope PG-86
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