USS Crockett (PG-88)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Crockett and RV Rachel Carson.
USS Crockett (PG-88) underway c1969.jpg
History
United States
NameUSS Crockett (PG-88)
NamesakeDavy Crockett
BuilderTacoma Boatbuilding Company
Launched4 June 1966
Commissioned24 June 1967
Decommissioned1 October 1976
Stricken15 December 1976
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and type Asheville-class gunboat
Displacement245 long tons (249 t)
Length164 ft 6 in (50.14 m)
Beam23 ft 11 in (7.29 m)
Draft5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Propulsion
  • CODAG
  • 2 × 725 hp (541 kW) VT-12 875M Cummins diesel engines
  • 1 × 1,370 shp (1,022 kW) General Electric LM 1500 gas turbine engine
  • 2 shafts
Speed40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Complement24
Armament

The second USS Crockett (PGM-88/PG-88) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.

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 in October 1976.[1] She was then transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency and since has been scrapped.[2]

R/V Rachel Carson[]

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] At one point it was proposed to be moved to Muskegon, Michigan along with USS Silversides.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gunboat PGM-88 Crockett". NavSource Online. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  2. ^ "PG-88 Crockett". Gunboat Riders. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  3. ^ "RV Rachel Carson". Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  4. ^ Robert Davis (1985-09-09). "WWII Sub at Navy Pier Awaits New Orders". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-07-07.

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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