USS Defiance (PG-95)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Defiance.

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History
United States
Name:	USS Defiance (PG-95)
Ordered:	26 July 1966
Builder:	Peterson Builders
Laid down:	3 October 1967
Struck:	6 August 1987
Fate:	Transferred to Turkey, destroyed in 1985
General characteristics
Displacement:	250 tons
Length:	165 ft
Beam:	24 ft
Speed:	40 kts
Armament:	one 3"/50 gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, two twin .50 cal. machine guns

The third USS Defiance (PGM-95/PG-95) was a gunboat in the United States Navy and later transferred to Turkey. She was an Asheville-class gunboat, although some sources refer to her class as Tacoma-class.

Defiance was laid down as PGM-95 by Peterson Builders, on 3 October 1967. She was commissioned as PG-95 on 24 September 1969.

Decommissioned on 11 June 1973, she was transferred to Turkey and renamed Yildirim (P-338). She was destroyed by an explosion and fire on 11 April 1985.

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.