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
Tacoma, Washington. 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
Annapolis, Maryland
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. She was then converted to a Research Vessel, renamed R/V ''Lauren'' and operated with the
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City near
Panama City,
Florida.
[
''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 ]Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
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in Havelock, North Carolina.
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Gunboats of the United States Navy
Ships built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Company
1970 ships