Summary
The second USS Crockett (PGM-88/PG-88) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Crockett (PG-88) |
| Namesake | Crockett, California |
| Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
| Launched | 4 June 1966 |
| Commissioned | 24 June 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1976 |
| Stricken | 15 December 1976 |
| Fate | Transferred to EPA, 1977, Scrapped c. 1986 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Asheville-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 245 long tons (249 t) |
| Length | 164 ft 6 in (50.14 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 11 in (7.29 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 25 enlisted |
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Crockett was laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington, and commissioned 24 June 1967.
Homeported in San Diego, Crockett served off the coast of Vietnam as part of Operation Market Time.
Crockett transferred to the Naval Reserve Force on 1 July 1975 and was decommissioned on 1 October 1976.[1] On 15 December 1976, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register, and on 1 April 1977, ownership was transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency.[2]
R/V Rachel Carson edit
Once transferred to the EPA, the vessel was renamed for American environmentalist Rachel Carson. At the time, it was the largest limnological vessel on the Great Lakes, and her initial use was monitoring and analyzing pollution in Lake Erie.[3]
The Rachel Carson was declared excess to EPA needs in 1982 and was transferred to the state of Illinois, and thence to the Combined Great Lakes Navy Association.[4] In 1985 it was proposed that she be moved to Muskegon, Michigan along with USS Silversides as an exhibit in the naval museum there.[5]
She has since been scrapped.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Gunboat PGM-88 Crockett". NavSource Online. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Crockett (PG 88)". Naval Vessel Register. 28 December 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "RV Rachel Carson". Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Grobmeier, Alvin H. (January 1988). "Re:Environmental Protection Agency ships". Warship International. 25 (1). International Naval Research Organization: 5–12. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Davis, Robert (9 September 1985). "WWII Sub at Navy Pier Awaits New Orders". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "PG-88 Crockett". Gunboat Riders. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
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.