Palos Class Gunboat (1914)
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Two Palos class river gunboats were completed for the United States Navy in 1914.
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| Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Palos | PG-16 | Mare Island NYd | 28 April, 1913 | 23 June, 1914 | 24 June, 1914 | Sold 3 June, 1937 |
| Monocacy | PG-20 | Mare Island NYd | 28 April, 1913 | 27 April, 1914 | 24 June, 1914 | Scuttled 10 February, 1940 |
Construction
Prefabricated at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1912, then shipped to Shanghai and assembled by Shanghai Dock and Engineering Company.[1]
Armament
- two 6-pounders
- six machine guns
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.
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