As USCGC Flagstaff (WPBH 1) undergoing Coast Guard evaluations.
History
United States
Name
USS Flagstaff
Namesake
Flagstaff, Arizona
Laid down
1 June 1966
Launched
15 July 1966
Christened
by Zilpha A. Wheeler, wife of Flagstaff, Arizona Mayor Rollin Wheeler
Commissioned
14 September 1968 (USN);
8 November 1974 (USCG on loan from USN);
2 March 1977 (USCG)
Decommissioned
30 September 1978
Fate
Returned to USN and scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type
none
Type
Hydrofoil gunboat
Displacement
67 long tons (68 t)
Length
73 ft (22 m)
82 ft (25 m) length overall
Beam
21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Draft
4 ft 4 in (1.32 m) (foils retracted)
18 ft (5.5 m)(foils extended)
Propulsion
Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbine with supercavitating propeller (foil-borne)
2 × General Motors diesel engines with water-jet pumps (hull-borne)
Speed
Max: at least 45 kn (52 mph; 83 km/h) (foil-borne)
Complement
12 (1974); 13 (1977)
Sensors and processing systems
Navigation-type radar
Armament
1 × 40 mm Bofors AA gun, 1 × 81 mm (3.2 in) mortar, 2 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun
USS Flagstaff (PGH-1) was the only Flagstaff-class patrol gunboat (hydrofoil) and was acquired by the United States Navy because of her relatively low cost and very high speed. She was later loaned by the Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard, as USCGC Flagstaff (WPBH-1). The Coast Guard’s interest in the craft was the craft’s speed and its ability to interdict smugglers and other suspicious craft approaching the U.S. coast.
USSFlagstaff (PGH-1) was the only Flagstaff-class patrol gunboat (hydrofoil) and was acquired by the United States Navy because of her relatively low...
latest hydrofoil technology. The second boat was the rival Grumman-built USSFlagstaff (PGH-1). The first waterjet propelled Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoil Tucumcari...
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Vehicle hovercraft in Vietnam. USS High Point (PCH-1) (Boeing) USSFlagstaff (PGH-1) (Grumman experimental class) USS Tucumcari (PGH-2) (Boeing, JetFoil...
The Flagstaff War, also known as Heke's War, Hōne Heke's Rebellion and the Northern War, was fought between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846 in and around...
the deck stanchions, railings, and both flagstaffs. Even so, the now-injured Buchanan ordered an attack on USS Minnesota, which had run aground on a sandbar...
in 1964, rebuilt as a missile tracking ship. Commissioned in 1965 as USSFlagstaff (AGM-21). To Military Sea Transportation Service in 1966 as USNS Mercury...
staff of wood or metal and Kevlar, used for fire dancing and performance Flagstaff, on which a flag is flown Scout staff, a shoulder-high pole traditionally...
corpsman John Bradley helped make the flagstaff stay in a vertical position. The men at, around, and holding the flagstaff which included Schrier's radioman...
Bradley pitched in to help make the flagstaff stay in a vertical position. The men at, around, and holding the flagstaff were photographed several times by...
Hansen, and Corporal Charles Lindberg. Once the flag was tied on, the flagstaff was raised about 10:30 by Lt. Schrier, Platoon Sergeant Ernest Thomas...
Marines were about to raise the flagstaff, he yelled out to two nearby Marines to help them raise the heavy flagstaff. Under Lt. Schrier's orders, Sgt...
alternately red, white, and blue; a small square in the upper angle, next the flagstaff, is a blue field, with thirteen white stars, denoting a new constellation...
position to raise the flagstaff, Sgt. Strank and Cpl. Block called out to two nearby Marines to help them raise the heavy flagstaff. Then, under Lt. Schrier's...
Hansen, and Corporal Charles Lindberg. Once the flag was tied on and the flagstaff taken to the highest place on the crater, the flag was raised about 10:30...
with Private Phil Ward to help make the flagstaff stay vertical. The men at, around, and holding the flagstaff which included Lt. Schrier's radio operator...
and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Sunrise, and Tucson. In addition to the internationally known Grand Canyon...
Bradley pitched in to help make the flagstaff stay in a vertical position. The men at, around, and holding the flagstaff were photographed several times by...
World War II. After the war she was acquired by the United States Navy as USS Mission San Juan. Later the tanker transferred to the Military Sea Transportation...
crater) Lowell Observatory, astronomical non-profit research institute, Flagstaff Lowell High School (Whittier, California), high school, Whittier Lowell...
Schrier and two Marines to a Japanese iron water pipe found on top, and the flagstaff was raised and planted by Schrier, assisted by Platoon Sergeant Ernest...
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