USS Gallup (PGM-85)

History
United States
Name	USS Gallup
Namesake	Gallup, New Mexico
Builder	Tacoma Boatbuilding Company
Laid down	27 April 1964
Launched	15 June 1965
Acquired	21 October 1966
Commissioned	22 October 1966
Decommissioned	31 January 1977
Stricken	9 October 1984
Motto	Have Guns Will Travel
Fate	Scrapped, 2007
General characteristics
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
Complement	28
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun mount 2 × twin .50 caliber machine guns

USS Gallup (PGM-85/PG-85) was an Asheville-class gunboat acquired by the United States Navy for the task of high speed patrolling in shallow waterways.

The third U.S. Navy ship to be named Gallup and the second to be named for Gallup, New Mexico, was laid down 27 April 1964 by Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Inc., Tacoma, Washington; launched 15 June 1965; sponsored by Mrs. Goodwin Chase; and commissioned 22 October 1966.