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Description	The U.S. Navy patrol gunboat USS Benicia (PG-96) in 1971. Starting on 28 January 1971, Benicia began evaluation of a special surface-to-surface guided-missile system designed for gunboats. Part of a larger study intended to develop anti-missile boat warfare doctrine, this system was designed to increase gunboat firepower and counter the anti-ship missile threat from Soviet-made fast attack boats. Equipped with a single RGM-66D Standard ARM missile launcher on the fantail, Benicia conducted fire control and operational tests in preparation for a live-fire exercise. On 6 March 1971, she became the first U.S. Navy gunboat to successfully fire a guided missile.
Date	1971
Source	U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org
Author	U.S. Navy

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