Asheville-class gunboat

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USS Gallup (PG-85) in June 1967
Class overview
Name	Asheville class
Preceded by	PGM-39 class
Succeeded by	PSMM Mk5 multi-purpose patrol boat (PSMM)
Built	1966–1971
Completed	17
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	PGM motor gunboat
Displacement	240 long tons (244 t)
Length	164 ft 6 in (50.1 m)
Beam	24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Propulsion	CODOG 2 × Cummins VT12-875 diesel; 1,450 hp (1.08 MW); General Electric LM1500 marine gas turbine
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h) max on diesels 42 kn (78 km/h) max on turbine
Range	1,700 nmi (3,100 km)
Complement	24 crew (4 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Weapons control: Mark 63 fire-control system Radar: Sperry AN/SPS-53; I/J-band Fire control: Western Electric AN/SPG-50; I/J-band
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]