The second USS Grand Rapids (PGM-98/PG-98) was an Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.

In August 1968, however, the Tacoma shipyard suffered a severe fire that destroyed the under-construction Grand Rapids (together with sister ship Benicia).

A new Grand Rapids, with the same hull number, was laid down again by Thursday Tacoma Boat on 20 May 1969.

[1][2] Grand Rapids was homeported in San Diego and later Naples, Italy,[3] Grand Rapids was decommissioned on 1 October 1977 and transferred to the Naval Sea Systems Command where she was renamed research vessel Athena II.

[5][6] In 2020 the Grand Rapids was listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $350,000.