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PG-93 Welch

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Welch served the United State Navy and the Columbian Coast Guard.

Tacoma Class Gunboat; Laid down at Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Commissioned USS Welch (PG-93), 8 September 1969 at Boston, MA; Decommissioned, 20 September 1981 at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk, VA; Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1995; Transferred to the Columbian Coast Guard, (date unknown) and renamed Albuquerque (P 111). Fate 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; Aluminum hull and frame with fiberglass and balsa wood superstructure; Propulsion Combined diesel and gas turbime (CODAG), two diesel engines and two General Electric LM1500 gas turbines, two shafts.


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Welch 81k At the builders yard. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Welch 68k - Terry Eccleston, GMCS(SW), USNR
Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), USN, Ret.

There is no DANFS history available for Welch (PG-93) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

View the Welch (PG-93) Unofficial History entry located on the Patrol Gunboat Association Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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