USS Charleston (PG-51)
USS Charleston |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Charleston |
| Namesake: | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Launched: | 25 February 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 8 July 1936 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 May 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol gunboat |
| Displacement: | 2,339 long tons (2,377 t) |
| Length: | 328 ft 6 in (100.13 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 3 in (12.57 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) |
| Installed power: | 7,000 hp (5,200 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × geared-turbine engines 2 × shafts |
| Speed: | 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Range: | 12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 180 |
| Armament: | 4 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 cal guns, 16 × 1.1 in (28 mm)/75 cal anti-aircraft guns (4x4), 4 × .50 in (13 mm) machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × floatplane |
USS Charleston (PG-51), the fourth vessel to carry her name, was the second of two Erie-class patrol gunboats. Launched from the Charleston Navy Yard on 25 February 1936, and commissioned on 8 July 1936, under the command of Captain Robert King Awtrey, and was part of the Atlantic Fleet.
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