USS Green Bay (PG-101)

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USS Green Bay (PG-101) was an Asheville-class gunboat of the United States Navy, later serving in the Hellenic Navy as Tolmi (P-229).

Construction and US service
- Built by Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
- Laid down: November 6, 1966; launched: June 14, 1969; commissioned: December 5, 1969.
- Home port: Little Creek, Virginia.
- Roles: served as an aggressor ship in fleet exercises near Guantanamo Bay and helped simulate Navy SEAL and Marine landings.
- Decommissioned: April 22, 1977; struck from the Navy List: October 1, 1977.

Greek service
- Transferred to Greece on June 30, 1989 and renamed Tolmi (P-229).
- Recommissioned by Greece on June 18, 1991.
- Home port: Salamis Naval Base.
- Mission: patrolling the Aegean Sea.
- Status: active as of 2021.

General characteristics
- Class and type: Asheville-class gunboat
- Displacement: about 237 tons (265 tons full load)
- Length: 164 ft 5 in (50.11 m); Beam: 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m); Draft: 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
- Propulsion: Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) with 2 Cummins diesels and a General Electric gas turbine
- Speed: 16 knots on diesels; 42 knots with turbine
- Range: about 1,700 nautical miles
- Crew: 28–34
- Armament: 3-inch/50 cal gun, 40 mm gun, two .50 cal machine guns, two 40 mm auto cannons, two 20 mm guns, and Stinger missiles.