page_title: Asheville-class gunboat
hierarchical_section_title: Asheville-class gunboat
caption_attribution_description: The U.S. Navy patrol gunboat USS Gallup (PG-85) operating in the South China Sea during a Market Time patrol along the coast of South Vietnam in June 1967.
context_page_description: The Asheville-class gunboats were a class of small warships built for the United States Navy in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The class is named for a city in western North Carolina and the seat of Buncombe County.
  Most Asheville-class gunboats have since been donated to museums, scheduled for scrapping, or transferred to the Greek, Turkish, Colombian and South Korean Navies. The exceptions are USS Chehalis and USS Grand Rapids, which are operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center.
context_section_description: The Asheville-class gunboats were a class of small warships built for the United States Navy in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The class is named for a city in western North Carolina and the seat of Buncombe County. 
  Most Asheville-class gunboats have since been donated to museums, scheduled for scrapping, or transferred to the Greek,  Turkish, Colombian and South Korean Navies. The exceptions are USS Chehalis and USS Grand Rapids, which are operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center.
caption: USS Gallup (PG-85) in June 1967
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