Asheville-class gunboat

	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 &; 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.

Class overview
USS Gallup (PG-85) in June 1967
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 & 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