USS Douglas (PG-100) was an Asheville-class gunboat which served in the United States Navy from 1971 to 1977.
_at_sea_c1974.jpg) USS Douglas (PG-100), circa 1974
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Douglas (PG-100) |
| Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
| Launched | 19 June 1970 |
| Commissioned | 6 February 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1977 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Asheville-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 245 tons |
| Length | 164 ft 6 in |
| Beam | 23 ft 11 in |
| Draft | 5 ft 4 in |
| Speed | 40 kts |
| Complement | 24 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | 40 mm gun replaced with two Standard Anti-Radiation Missiles in boxed launchers. |
Douglas was constructed by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., of Tacoma, Washington. She was launched on 19 June 1970 and commissioned as USS Douglas (PG-100) on 6 February 1971.[1]
She spent the bulk of her career based in Naples, Italy, as part of a squadron of missile-armed gunboats participating in US and NATO exercises and operations in the Mediterranean. She and the rest of the squadron were decommissioned on 1 October 1977 at Little Creek, Virginia.[2]
She was stricken from the Navy Register on 1 October 1977 and was transferred to the David Taylor Naval Research and Development Center at Annapolis, Maryland. She was then converted to a Research Vessel, renamed R/V Lauren and operated with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City near Panama City, Florida.[2]
Lauren was sunk on a sandbank, off the coast of North Carolina, on 30 April 2008 for use as a target for fighter pilots from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina.[3]
References edit
- ^ "DOUGLAS (PG 100)(ex-PGM 100) PATROL COMBATANT". Naval Vessel Register. Naval Sea Systems Command. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ Talton, Trista. "EOD Marines sink former gunboat Douglas". Navy Times. Retrieved 11 July 2015.