USS Green Bay (PG-101)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Green Bay.

Green Bay as Tolmi (P229) in 2005
History
United States
Name	Green Bay
Namesake	Green Bay, Wisconsin
Builder	Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down	6 November 1966
Launched	14 June 1969
Commissioned	5 December 1969
Decommissioned	22 April 1977
Stricken	1 October 1977
Identification	PG-101
Fate	Transferred to the Hellenic Navy, 30 June 1989
Greece
Name	Tolmi
Acquired	30 June 1989
Recommissioned	18 June 1991
Identification	P-229
Status	Active as of 2021
General characteristics
Class & type	Asheville-class gunboat
Displacement	237 tons; 265 tons
Length	164 ft 5 in (50.11 m)
Beam	23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (2.87 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  NM (3,100 km)
Complement	28 officers and enlisted; 34 officers and enlisted
Armament	3 in (76 mm)/50 cal. gun mount 40 mm (1.6 in) gun mount 2 × .50 cal. machine guns 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) auto cannons 2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns Stinger anti-aircraft missiles

USS Green Bay (PG-101) was an Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy. ^[1] She has since been transferred to the Hellenic Navy under the name HS Tolmi (P-229). ^[2]

United States Navy service

Green Bay was laid down on 6 November 1966 as PGM-101 by Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. While under construction, she was reclassified as Patrol Gunboat, PG-101 on 1 April 1967. She was launched on 14 June 1969 and commissioned as USS Green Bay (PG-101) on 5 December 1969 at the Boston Navy Yard in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Green Bay was home-ported in Little Creek, Virginia and made numerous trips to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to serve in the role of the aggressor in fleet exercises. In addition, Green Bay participated in many exercises that simulated the deployment of Navy Seals & US Marines onto hostile shores. On 9 August 1974, Green Bay was nominated, by COMPHIBLANT (Commander Amphibious Forces Atlantic), for the Arleigh Burke Award.

She was decommissioned 22 April 1977 at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia and struck from the Navy Register on 1 October 1977.

Hellenic Navy service

Green Bay was transferred to Greece on 30 June 1989 as the corvette Tolmi (P-229) and was commissioned on 18 June 1991.

Since 2002, Tolmi has been stationed at Salamis Naval Base. Her main duties include patrolling the Aegean Sea. ^[3]

USS Green Bay underway, circa 1970.

References

1. "Green Bay (PG-101)". NavSource. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
2. "USS Green Bay (PG-101) Commissioning". ussgreenbay.mactom.com. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
3. "HS Tolmi P-229". Hellenic Navy. Retrieved 24 May 2011.