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USS Benicia (PG-96)
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Benicia.
The second USS Benicia (PGM-96/PG-96) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy commissioned in 1970. She later served in the South Korean Navy as Paek Ku 51 (PGM-351).
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Name | USS Benicia (PG-96) |
Namesake | Benicia, California |
Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
Laid down | 14 April 1969 |
Launched | 20 December 1969 |
Commissioned | 25 April 1970 |
Decommissioned | 15 October 1971 |
Stricken | 30 August 1996 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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Class and type | Asheville-class gunboat |
Displacement | 240 tons (244 t) |
Length | 164 ft 6 in (50.14 m) |
Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × Cummins VT12-875 diesel; 1,450 hp (1.07 MW); General Electric LM1500 marine gas turbine |
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Range | 1,700 NM (3100 km) |
Complement | 24 crew (4 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems | Weapons control: Mk 63 GFCS.
Radar: Sperry AN/SPS-53; I/J-band. Fire control: Western Electric AN/SPG-50; I/J-band. |
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