USS Green Bay (PG-101)

Career
Namesake: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Builder: Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Laid down: 6 November 1960
Launched: 14 June 1969
Acquired: 5 December 1969; as Tolmi 18 June 1991
Status: Still in use
General characteristics
Class and type: Asheville class gunboat
Displacement: 237 tons; 265 tons
Length: 164 ft 5 in (50.11 m)
Beam: 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Draft: 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Speed: 40 kn (46 mph; 74 km/h)
Complement: 28 officers and enlisted; 34 officers and enlisted
Armament: 3 in (76 mm)/50 gun mount,40 mm (1.6 in) gun mount, 2 × 50 cal machine guns; 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) autocannons, 2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) machine guns, stinger

The USS Green Bay (PG-101) was an Asheville class gunboat in the United States Navy.[1] She has since been transferred to the Hellenic Navy under the name HS Tolmi (P-229).[2] Since 2002, the Tolmi has been stationed at Salamis Naval Base. Her main duties include patrolling the Aegean Sea.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Green Bay (PG-101)". NavSource Naval History. http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/11101.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
  2. ^ "USS Green Bay (PG-101) Commissioning". ussgreenbay.mactom.com. http://ussgreenbay.mactom.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
  3. ^ "HS Tolmi P-229". Hellenic Navy. http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/tolmi_p229_en.asp. Retrieved 2011-05-24.