USS Green Bay (PG-101)

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HS Tolmi (P229) mail transfer.jpg
Green Bay as Tolmi (P229) in 2005
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameGreen Bay
Namesake Green Bay, Wisconsin
Builder Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down6 November 1960
Launched14 June 1969
Acquired5 December 1969
Decommissioned22 April 1977
Stricken1 October 1977
FateTransferred to the Hellenic Navy
Flag of Greece.svgGreece
NameTolmi
Acquired18 June 1991
StatusActive as of 2021
General characteristics
Class and type Asheville-class gunboat
Displacement237 tons; 265 tons
Length164 ft 5 in (50.11 m)
Beam23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Draft9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 16  kn (30 km/h) max on diesels
  • 42 kn (78 km/h) max on turbine
Range1,700  NM (3,100 km)
Complement28 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]

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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 was 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 and 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 was 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. USS Green Bay (PG-101) underway c1970.jpg
USS Green Bay underway, circa 1970.

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References

  1. ↑ "Green Bay (PG-101)". NavSource Naval History. 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.
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