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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Asheville |
| Namesake | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 15 April 1964 |
| Launched | 1 May 1965 |
| Commissioned | 6 August 1966 |
| Decommissioned | 31 January 1977 |
| Stricken | 11 April 1977 |
| Homeport | |
| Fate | Scrapped at Brownsville, Texas, 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Asheville-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 240 tons (full load) |
| Length | 165 ft (50 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion | Gas turbine engines |
| Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
| Complement | 28 |
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USS Asheville (PGM-84/PG-84) was an Asheville-class gunboat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of high speed patrolling in shallow waterways. The third ship to be named Asheville by the Navy, the vessel was laid down on 15 April 1964 at Tacoma, Washington, by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company and launched on 1 May 1965, sponsored by Mrs. R. E. Harris. Asheville was commissioned on 6 August 1966.