Panay 1928
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| PR5 | Panay | Kiangnan Dock, Shanghai, China | 1927 | 10.11.1927 | 9.1928 | sunk 12.12.1937 | |
| PR6 | Oahu | Kiangnan Dock, Shanghai, China | 12/1926 | 26.11.1927 | 10.1928 | scuttled 6.5.1942 |
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Displacement standard, t |
450 |
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Displacement full, t |
474 |
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Length, m |
54.9 wl 58.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.56 |
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Draught, m |
1.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2250 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
|
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 3.5.6 |
| Complement |
70 |
Project history: Under the FY1925 program the USA built 6 river gunboats for service on Yangtze river in China for protection of American interests.
Modernizations: 1941, Oahu: + 8 x 1 - 7.6/90.
Naval service: Panay was sunk by Japanese aircraft 12.12.1937. Oahu 6.5.1942 was scuttled at Corregidor to avoid capture.
Panay 1928
© Ivan Gogin, 2014