Name USS Canon (PG-90) Commissioned 28 July 1968 Struck 9 October 1984 Construction started 28 June 1966 Length 50 m Displacement 222,300 kg | Laid down 28 June 1966 Decommissioned 31 January 1977 Fate on donation hold Launched 10 June 1967 Weight 248.9 tons | |
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Builder Tacoma Boatbuilding Company | ||
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.
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. In one operation the ship took 8 rocket hits and 14 crew members wounded. One Navy Cross, three Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars were awarded to members of the crew.
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.
Canon has been identified as pending dismantling by the 2015 US Navy 30 year Shipbuilding Plan.
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