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USS ''Asheville'' (PGM-84/PG-84) was an acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of high speed patrolling in shallow waterways. The third ship to be named ''Asheville'' by the Navy, ''PGM-84'' was laid down on 15 April 1964 at Tacoma, Washington, by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co.; launched on 1 May 1965; sponsored by Mrs. R. E. Harris; and commissioned on 6 August 1966, Lt. Henry Dale in command. The ''Asheville'' employed a Combined diesel or gas turbine (CODOG) propulsion system; twin Cummins Diesels for endurance, and a GE LM1500 gas turbine for high-speed dash. == Assigned to the West Coast == She completed fitting out at Tacoma on 17 September and got underway for her home port, San Diego, California. She arrived there on the 22d and began shakedown training along the California coast Shakedown and operational tests lasted until 18 January 1967 at which time she entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for post-shakedown availability. Those repairs continued until 14 March at which time she returned to San Diego. She remained in port there for two weeks. On 28 March, she departed San Diego en route to the western Pacific. On ''1 April'', the gunboat was redesignated ''PG-84''. After stops at Pearl Harbor and Guam and a return visit to the latter island necessitated by a breakdown in her main propulsion plant, ''Asheville'' finally arrived at Camranh Bay in South Vietnam on 7 May. 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「USS Asheville (PGM-84)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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