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PG-100 Douglas



Contributed by Mike Molinski
Tacoma Class Gunboat; Laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA; Launched, 19 June 1970; Commissioned USS Douglas (PG-100), 6 February 1971; Decommissioned 1 October 1977 at Little Creek, VA; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1977; Transferred to the David Taylor Naval Research and Development Center Annapolis MD; Converted to a Research Vessel and renamed R/V Lauren; Presently in custody of Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, U.S. Navy at Panama City Beach, FL.

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 with controllable pitch propellers.


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Douglas 96k U.S. Navy photo from the March 1975 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
PG-86/87/98/100 68k Barcelona, Spain. 6 December 1976.
Ready (PG 87) in foreground, inboard with Grand Rapids (PG 98) outboard. Background inboard is Douglas 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

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