USS Benicia (PG-96)

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Benicia (PGM-96/PG-96) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United
States Navy during the Vietnam War. She later served in the South Korean
Navy as Paek Ku 51 (PGM-351). Benicia was laid down on 14 April 1969 at
Tacoma, Washington, by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company after a fire in
August 1968 destroyed the incomplete hull laid down on 3 January 1967;
launched on 20 December 1969; sponsored by Mrs. William F. Petrovic; and
commissioned at Tacoma on 25 April 1970, Lt. James L. Turnbull in
command.