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PGH-1 Flagstaff

Courtesy of Mike Smolinski
Flagstaff served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.
Flagstaff Class Gunboat (Hydrofoil): Laid down by the Marine Branch, Boeing Company, Aerospace Group, Seattle, WA, 1 June 1966; Launched, 15 July 1966; Commissioned Flagstaff (PGH-1), 14 September 1968; Decommissioned, 1 September 1970; Recommissioned, (date unknown); Decommissioned, 30 September 1976 at San Diego, CA and transferred to the Coast Guard; Commissioned in Coast Guard as USCGC Flagstaff (WPGH 1), 2 March 1977 at Boston, MA; Operated out of Woods Hole, MA; Decommissioned, 30 September 1978; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Scrapped in 1978.
Specifications: Displacement 57 t.; Length 80'; Beam 22'; Draft 14'; Speed 50kts; Complement 13; Armament one 40mm gun mount, four .50 cal. machine guns, one 81 mm mortar; Propulsion diesel and gas turbine.
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There is no DANFS history available for Flagstaff (PGH-1) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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