USS Gallup (PGM-85)

USS Gallup (PGM-85)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Gallup.

Career (US)
Name:	USS Gallup
Namesake:	Gallup, New Mexico
Laid down:	27 April 1964
Launched:	15 June 1965
Acquired:	21 October 1966
Commissioned:	22 October 1966
Decommissioned:	31 January 1977
Struck:	9 October 1984
Motto:	Have Guns Will Travel
Fate:	scrapped, 2007
General characteristics
Displacement:	240 tons (full load)
Length:	165 ft (50 m)
Beam:	24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught:	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Propulsion:	gas turbine engines
Speed:	40 knots
Complement:	28
Armament:	one 3-inch gun mount, one 40 mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns

USS Gallup (PGM-85/PG-85) was an Asheville-class gunboat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of high speed patrolling in shallow waterways.

The third U.S. Navy ship to be named Gallup and the second to be named for Gallup, New Mexico, was laid down 27 April 1964 by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc., Tacoma, Washington; launched 15 June 1965; sponsored by Mrs. Goodwin Chase; and commissioned 22 October 1966, Lt. William T. Spane, Jr., in command.