Asheville-class gunboat

USS Gallup (PG-85) in June 1967
Class overview
NameAsheville class
Preceded byPGM-39 class
Succeeded byPSMM Mk5 multi-purpose patrol boat (PSMM)
Built1966–1971
Completed17
Lost1
General characteristics
TypePGM motor gunboat
Displacement240 long tons (244 t)
Length164 ft 6 in (50.1 m)
Beam24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 16 kn (30 km/h) max on diesels
  • 42 kn (78 km/h) max on turbine
Range1,700 nmi (3,100 km)
Complement24 crew (4 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
  • Guns: 1 × USN 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk 34; 50 rounds/min to 7 nmi (13 km); weight of shell 6 kg.
  • 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns (2 × 2)
  • 1 × Bofors 40 mm/60(56) Mk 10.
  • Missiles: Some units had the 40 mm replaced with various missile configurations

The Asheville-class gunboats were a class of small warships built for the United States Navy in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The class is named for a city in western North Carolina and the seat of Buncombe County. All Asheville-class gunboats have since been donated to museums, scheduled for scrapping, or transferred to the Greek, Turkish, Colombian and South Korean Navies. The last two Asheville-class gunboats in US service were USS Chehalis and USS Grand Rapids, which were operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center until they were stricken in 2016.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Uss Chehalis (Pg-94)". Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
  2. ^ "USS GRAND RAPIDS (PG 98)". Nvr.navy.mil. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ "USS CHEHALIS (PG 94)". Nvr.navy.mil. Retrieved 5 July 2022.