USS Defiance (PG-95)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Defiance.
History
United States
Name: USS Defiance (PG-95)
Ordered: 26 July 1966
Builder: Peterson Builders
Laid down: 3 October 1967
Struck: 6 August 1987
Fate: Transferred to Turkey, destroyed in 1985
General characteristics
Displacement: 250 tons
Length: 165 ft
Beam: 24 ft
Speed: 40 kts
Armament: one 3"/50 gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, two twin .50 cal. machine guns

The third USS Defiance (PGM-95/PG-95) was a gunboat in the United States Navy and later transferred to Turkey. She was an Asheville-class gunboat, although some sources refer to her class as Tacoma-class.

Defiance was laid down as PGM-95 by Peterson Builders, on 3 October 1967. She was commissioned as PG-95 on 24 September 1969.[1]

Decommissioned on 11 June 1973, she was transferred to Turkey and renamed Yildirim (P-338). She was destroyed by an explosion and fire on 11 April 1985.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "PG-95 Defiance". Gunboat Riders. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  2. ↑ "PG-95 Defiance". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2009-06-19.

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