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PG-92 Tacoma


Contributed by Mike Molinski


Tacoma served the Navies of the United States and Columbia.

Tacoma Class Patrol Gunboat; Laid down, 24 July 1967 at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA.; Lead ship of Tacoma Class Gunboats; Commissioned USS Tacoma (PG-92), 14 July 1969; Decommissioned, 1 May 1983; Struck from the Naval Register, 4 December 1995; Transferred to Columbia and renamed Quitasueno (P 112). Decommissioned and transferred to the Columbian Customs Service. 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; Propulsion diesel, two shafts.


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Tacoma 76k - Terry Eccleston, GMCS(SW), USNR
Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), Ret.
Tacoma 183k Seen here as Columbian Navy Quitasueno Capitan de Corbeta, Phinio Alberto Garcia Garavito,
Columbian Navy
via Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W. McManuels, ETCM(SW), Ret.

There is no DANFS history available for Tacoma (PG-92) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
View the Tacoma (PG-92) 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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