USS ''Douglas'' (PG-100) was an which served in the United States Navy from 1971 to 1977. ''Douglas'' was constructed by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., of

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. She was launched on 19 June 1970 and commissioned as USS ''Douglas'' (PG-100) on 6 February 1971. She spent the bulk of her career based in Naples, Italy, as part of a squadron of missile-armed gunboats participating in US and NATO exercises and operations in the Mediterranean. She and the rest of the squadron were decommissioned on 1 October 1977 at Little Creek, Virginia. She was stricken from the Navy Register on 1 October 1977 and was transferred to the David Taylor Naval Research and Development Center at

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. She was then converted to a Research Vessel, renamed R/V ''Lauren'' and operated with the

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near

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. ''Lauren'' was sunk on a sandbank, off the coast of North Carolina, on 30 April 2008 for use as a target for fighter pilots from

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in Havelock,

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