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PG-87 Ready


Asheville Class Gunboat; Laid down, 10 June 1965 at Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA as (PGM-87); Redesignated Patrol Gunboat (PG), 1 April 1967; Launched, 12 May 1967; Commissioned USS Ready (PG-87), 6 January 1968; Decommissioned, 1 October 1977; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1977; Final Disposition, transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy , placed in service as a training vessel. 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 4 Officers, 33 Enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount , two twin .50-cal mg 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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Ready/Antelope 129k Souda Bay Crete.
Ready with Antelope (PG 86)
Capt. David Spiggs USN via
Patrol Gunboat Association
Terry W McManuels ETCM (SW) Ret
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
Ready 69k Barcelona, Spain. 6 December 1976. Fabio Peņa
PG-86/87/98/100 48k Barcelona, Spain. 6 December 1976. Fabio Peņa

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

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USS Ready PG-87
Patrol Gunboat Association
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