USS Grand Rapids (PG-98)
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For other ships of the same name, see USS Grand Rapids.
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Name: | USS Grand Rapids (PG-98) |
| Builder: | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
| Launched: | 4 April 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 5 September 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 1977 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Naval Sea Systems Command as R/V Athena II |
| Status: | unknown |
| 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: | one 3 inch, one 40mm gun mount, two twin .50 cal. machine guns |
The second USS Grand Rapids (PGM-98/PG-98) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.
Grand Rapids was laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington, and commissioned 5 September 1970.
Grand Rapids was homeported in San Diego and later Naples, Italy,[1]
Grand Rapids was decommissioned on 1 October 1977 and transferred to the Naval Sea Systems Command where she was renamed Research Vessel Athena II.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "PG-98 Grand Rapids". Gunboat Riders. http://gunboatriders.com/theboats/98_grandrapids/pg98.html. Retrieved 2009-06-27.[dead link]
- ^ "Gunboat PG-98 Grand Rapids". NavSource Online. http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/11098.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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