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Originally Posted by kota1342000
Very good. Do you have hull numbers and names for the destroyers? And how many Ashevilles do you figure are left?
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Asheville Class Motor Gunboat
PGM-84 USS Asheville - Transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy 11 April 1977, Broken up in 1985.
PGM-85 USS Gallup – Decommissioned in 1977 and placed in reserve, transferred to Naval Research Center Carderock, MD as a parts hulk in 1992
PGM-86 USS Antelope - Transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency 17 January 1978, Active as of 2001
PGM-87 USS Ready - Transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy 11 April 1977, Broken up in 1985
PGM-88 USS Crockett - Transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency 17 January 1978, and scrapped in 1994
PGM-89 USS Marathon - Transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy 11 April 1977, Broken up in 1985
PGM-90 Canon - Decommissioned in 1977 and placed in reserve, transferred to Naval Research Center Carderock, MD as a parts hulk in 1992
PGM-92 Tacoma – Sold to Columbia on 4 December 1995, Active
PGM-93 Welch – Sold to Columbia on 12 April 1995, Active
PGM-94 Chehalis - Converted to a Research Vessel and renamed R/V Athena, still active Homeport is Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City FL
PGM-95 Defiance – Sold to Turkey 11 June 1973, destroyed by fire 11 April 1985
PGM-96 Benicia – Sold to South Korea on 2 October 1971, returned to the US in 1991, scrapped 1998
PGM-97 Surprise – Sold to Turkey 11 June 1973, Active
PGM-98 Grand Rapids - Converted to a Research Vessel and renamed R/V Athena II, still active Homeport is Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City FL
PGM-99 Beacon - Transferred to Greece, 22 November 1989, in service till 1995
PGM-100 Douglas Rapids - Converted to a Research Vessel and renamed R/V Lauren, still active Homeport is Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City FL, Sunk as a target in 2008
PGM-101 Green Bay - Transferred to Greece, 22 November 1989, in service till 1995
Source: NavSource Online, Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/11idx.htm
As you can see there are only six boats left in the US and two of those are been used a part hulks, but five of them are still US Navy and could brought back to active duty. The sixth boat is with the EPA and would like require a fair bit of modication as most of lab and other Science equipment would have to be removed.