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Old 07-28-2009, 08:24 AM
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Default Bragi-class boats

Here is the back story on the three Bragi-class boats:

Canon (PG-90) ex-PGM-90
Laid down 28 June 1966 at the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA as PGM-90; Reclassified as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-90, 28 March 1967; Launched, 10 June 1967; Commissioned USS Canon (PG-90), 28 July 1968; Decommissioned, 31 January 1977 at Naval Station San Diego, CA; Struck from the Navy Register 9 October 1984; and laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Philadelphia, PA. transferred to transferred to Iceland in 1996 under the Foreign Assistance Act; renamed Árvakur (II)
(In real life the Wisconson Naval Ship Association, Inc. of Greendale, WI is in negotiations with the Navy to bring Canon to Sheboygan, WI as a veteran's museum. To see some pictures of the USS Canon; http://navysite.de/specials/philadelphia/pg90philly.htm)

Tacoma (PG-92) ex-PGM-92
Laid down 24 July 1967 as Motor Gunboat, PGM-92 by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA; Reclassified as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-92; Launched 13 April 1968; Commissioned USS Tacoma (PG-92), 14 July 1969; Decommissioned, 1 May 1983; 16 May 1983 leased to the Colombian National Armada as fast attack ships; Struck from the Naval Register, 4 December 1995; transferred to transferred to Iceland in 1996 under the Foreign Assistance Act; renamed Bragi (II)
(In real life the ship was transferred to Columbia as ARC Quitasueno (Sleepless) - (P 112) on 20 September 1995; decommissioned and transferred to the Columbian Customs Service)

Welch (PG-93)ex-PGM-93
Laid down 8 May 1967 as PGM-93 at Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Launched 25 July 1968; Commissioned USS Welch (PG-93), 8 September 1969 at Boston, MA; Decommissioned, 20 September 1981 at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk, VA; 16 May 1983 leased to the Colombian National Armada as fast attack ships; Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1995; transferred to Iceland in 1996 under the Foreign Assistance Act; renamed Njörður (II)
(In real life Transferred to the Columbian Coast Guard as Albuquerque (P 111) on 20 September 1995; decommissioned and transferred to the Columbian Customs Service)
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