Wake 1941
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| PG43, 6.1928- PR3 | Guam, 1.1941- Wake | Kiangnan Dock, Shanghai, China | 1926 | 28.5.1927 | 12.1927 | captured by Japan 8.12.1941 (多々良 [Tatara]), returned 8.1945, to China 1946 (太原 [Tai Yuan]) | |
| PG44, 6.1928- PR4 | Tutuila | Kiangnan Dock, Shanghai, China | 10.1926 | 14.6.1927 | 3.1928 | to China 2.1942 (梅原 [Mei Yuan]) |
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Displacement standard, t |
370 |
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Displacement full, t |
395 |
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Length, m |
45.7 wl 48.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.25 |
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Draught, m |
1.55 mean |
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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. |
1950 |
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Max speed, kts |
14.5 |
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Fuel, t |
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| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 3.5.6, 8 x 1 - 7.6/90 |
| 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, both: + 8 x 1 - 7.6/90.
1.1946, PG43: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 6, 16 x 1 - 7.6/90
Naval service: Wake 7.12.1941 was captured in Shanghai by Japanese and commissioned by IJN as Tatara. In 1945 she was returned to the USA. Tutuila 16.2.1942 was transferred to China and renamed Mei Yuan.
Wake
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