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USS Antelope (PG-86)
USS ''Antelope'' (PGM-86/PG-86) was an in the United States Navy. Construction ''Antelope'',a high-speed, aluminum-hulled, motor gunboat, was laid down on 1 June 1965 at Tacoma, Washington, by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company. She was launched on 18 June 1966; sponsored by Mrs. Paul V. Snow, the wife of the Deputy Counsel of the Naval Ships Systems Command. She was reclassified a patrol gunboat on 28 March 1967 and simultaneously redesignated PG-86 and commissioned on 4 November 1967 with Lieutenant Jon Jared Gershon in command. The patrol boat was not named for the antelope, but for the small town of Antelope, Montana, which sent a delegation of 22 people to Tacoma, Washington, for the commissioning ceremony. Service history Following fitting out at Tacoma, ''Antelope'' moved to her first home port, San Diego. After shakedown training and operational tests she entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for post-shakedown availability. She then spent most of the remaining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antelope, Montana
Antelope is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sheridan County, Montana, Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The population was 51 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History Named for the nearby creek, Antelope began as a tiny community along the Great Northern Railway (U.S.), Great Northern Railway's Bainville, Montana, Bainville to Scobey, Montana, Scobey branch line in 1910. That year, John and Richard Grayson built a hardware store next to the Antelope Creek Lutheran Church. A post office, bank, lumberyard, and saloon soon followed. The town was incorporated in 1913. The community thrived during its first decade, adding general mercantiles, a butcher shop, a concrete plant, restaurants, and other businesses to serve the region's growing homesteader population. Over the years, however, better roads to the south siphoned off business, and the “Biggest Little City in Eastern Montana” sank into decline. In 1967 a U.S. Navy gunboat was named the "Antelope". To m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
