Asheville class gunboat USS Benicia seen in 1970 in US Navy service. At a later stage the RGM-66 Standard SSM-ARM was fitted, and she was sold to South Korea as Paek Ku 11.
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Multiple 12.7mm M2HB heavy machine guns fitted for self-defense.
The Paek Ku class is a further development of the American Asheville class design. One vessel acquired, the USS Benicia, was an Asheville class vessel reconfigured with the RGM-66D Standard SSM-ARM missile.
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