USS Canon (PG-90)

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History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameUSS Canon (PG-90)
Builder Tacoma Boatbuilding Company
Laid down28 June 1966
Launched10 June 1967
Commissioned28 July 1968
Decommissioned31 January 1977
Stricken9 October 1984
FateStricken, final disposition pending
General characteristics
Class & type Asheville-class gunboat
Displacement245 tons
Length164 ft 6 in
Beam23 ft 11 in
Draft5 ft 4 in
Speed40 kts
Complement24
Armament

The first USS Canon (PGM-90/PG-90) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. She is currently on donation hold. [1]

Canon was laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington on 28 June 1966, and commissioned 24 June 1967.

Canon served off the coast of Vietnam as part of Operation Market Time. In one operation the ship took 8 rocket hits and 14 crew members wounded. One Navy Cross, three Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars were awarded to members of the crew. [2]

Canon was decommissioned on 31 January 1977.

Canon had been identified as a candidate for preservation as a veteran's museum in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and was placed on donation hold in 2002. Efforts by the Wisconsin Naval Ship Association, Inc. of Greendale, WI to preserve the ship continued through December of 2008, however they did not meet the Navy's minimum requirements for ship donation. The donation hold was removed on 30 August 2012 [3] and her status updated to pending dismantling by the 2015 US Navy 30 year Shipbuilding Plan. [4]

Awards

References

  1. "Wisconsin Naval Ship Association". Wisconsin Naval Ship Association. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  2. "Patrol Gunboat Reunion Association - USS Canon". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  3. "NavSource Online". NavSource. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. "Document: Navy's 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan for Fiscal Year 2015 - USNI News". 7 July 2014.

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from Canon (PG-90) at the Naval Vessel Register .

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