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USS Charleston
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Charleston |
Namesake | Charleston, South Carolina |
Builder | Charleston Naval Yard, Charleston, SC |
Laid down | 27 October 1934 |
Launched | 25 February 1936 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. C.L.B. Rivers |
Commissioned | 8 July 1936 |
Decommissioned | 10 May 1946 |
Identification | Hull symbol:PG-51 |
Commissioned | 25 March 1948 Transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy |
Decommissioned | 1957 Last cruise for the Maritime Academy |
Honors and awards | |
Fate | Sold |
Notes | Sold to an Italian investor and planned to be converted into a floating night club/hotel |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Erie-class gunboat |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 41 ft 3 in (12.57 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 10 in (4.52 m) (full load) |
Installed power | 6,200 shp (4,600 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19.6 kn (22.6 mph; 36.3 km/h) |
Range | 12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 236 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × floatplane "Kingfisher" |
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 and was part of the Atlantic Fleet.