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} |} The ''Asheville''-class gunboats were a class of small military ships built for the United States Navy in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The class is named for a city in western North Carolina and the seat of Buncombe County. Most ''Asheville''-class gunboats have since been donated to museums, scheduled for scrapping, or transferred to the Greek, Turkish, Colombian and South Korean Navies. The exceptions are the and , which are operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center.〔(USS CHEHALIS (PG-94) )〕 ==Origination== The ''Asheville''-class gunboats were originally designated PGM motor gunboats, but were reclassified in 1967 as PG patrol combatant ships.〔(History of the US Gunboat Navy )〕 ''Asheville'' class gunboats employed a combined diesel or gas turbine (CODOG) propulsion system; twin Cummins diesel engines for endurance, and a GE LM1500 gas turbine for high-speed dash. Engine controls were operated by pneumatics. The controllable reversible pitch propeller allowed them to stop in less than two ship lengths from full speed. They were the first gas turbine ships in the US Navy, as well as the first with aluminum hulls and fiberglass superstructures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asheville-class gunboat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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