Asheville 1918
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| PG21 | Asheville | Charleston N Yd | 6/1917 | 4.7.1918 | 7.1920 | sunk 3.3.1942 | |
| PG22 | Tulsa, 12.1944- Tacloban | Charleston N Yd | 12.1919 | 25.8.1922 | 12.1923 | stricken 4.1946 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1575 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1760 |
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Length, m |
68.6 wl 73.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
12.6 |
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Draught, m |
3.40 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 set Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
850 |
|
Max speed, kts |
12 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 420 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000 |
|
Armament |
3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk IX |
| Military load | 60 passengers |
| Complement |
159 |
Project history: These were the last conventional gunboats built for the US Navy, the later Erie and Charleston were conceived partly as small cruisers. They were modified Sacramentos, the major changes being quarters for about 60 more enlisted men and 4 rather than two boilers. The lines followed those of the earlier ship, but a 4.6m section was added amidships.
Modernizations: 1942, both: + 4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20
1.1946, PG22: 3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 12, 4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20
Naval service: Asheville 3.3.1942 was sunk S off Java by Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki.
Tacloban
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