USS Gallup (PGM-85)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Gallup.
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.
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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 |
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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.