| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Canon (PG-90) |
| Builder: | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 28 June 1966 |
| Launched: | 10 June 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 January 1977 |
| Struck: | 9 October 1984 |
| Fate: | on donation hold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Asheville-class gunboat |
| Displacement: | 245 tons |
| Length: | 164 ft 6 in |
| Beam: | 23 ft 11 in |
| Draft: | 5 ft 4 in |
| Speed: | 40 kts |
| Complement: | 24 |
| Armament: | one 3 inch, one 40mm gun mount, two twin .50 cal. machine guns |
The first USS Canon (PGM-90/PG-90) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. She is currently on donation hold.[1]
Canon was laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington on 28 June 1966, and commissioned 24 June 1967.
Canon served off the coast of Vietnam as part of Operation Market Time.
Canon was decommissioned on 31 January 1977.
She is currently on donation hold, and is berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, PA, while a group in Wisconsin works to bring her to Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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