USS ''Green Bay'' (PG-101) was an in the

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. She has since been transferred to the Hellenic Navy under the name HS ''Tolmi'' (P-229).

United States Navy service

''Green Bay'' was laid down on 6 November 1966 as PGM-101 by

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. While under construction, she was reclassified as Patrol Gunboat, PG-101 on 1 April 1967. She was launched on 14 June 1969 and was commissioned as USS ''Green Bay'' (PG-101) on 5 December 1969 at the

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in Charlestown, Massachusetts. ''Green Bay'' was home-ported in Little Creek, Virginia, and made numerous trips to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to serve in the role of the aggressor in fleet exercises. In addition, ''Green Bay'' participated in many exercises that simulated the deployment of Navy Seals and US Marines onto hostile shores. On 9 August 1974, ''Green Bay'' was nominated, by COMPHIBLANT (Commander Amphibious Forces Atlantic) for the

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Award. She was decommissioned 22 April 1977 at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia, and was struck from the Navy Register on 1 October 1977.

Hellenic Navy service

''Green Bay'' was transferred to Greece on 30 June 1989 as the corvette ''Tolmi'' (P-229) and was commissioned on 18 June 1991. Since 2002, ''Tolmi'' has been stationed at

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. Her main duties include patrolling the

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