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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Wilmington_LOC_det_4a05681.jpg) USS Wilmington
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Wilmington |
| Namesake | Wilmington, Delaware |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 8 October 1894 |
| Launched | 19 October 1895 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 1897 |
| Decommissioned | 20 December 1945 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 30 December 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wilmington-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,571 long tons (1,596 t) |
| Length | 251 ft 10 in (76.8 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)[1] |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) (mean) |
| Installed power | 1,988 ihp (1,482 kW)[1] |
| Propulsion | Four Hohenstein boilers, two 934ihp vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shafts 1921 - Four Babcock and Wilcox boilers. |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)[1] |
| Range | 2,200 nmi (4,074 km; 2,532 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)[1] |
| Complement | 212 |
| Armament | Armament: Eight 4" gun mounts and four 3-pounders
1905 - Eight 4" rapid fire mounts, four 6-pounder rapid fire mounts, four 1-pounder rapid fire mounts and four 6mm mounts 1914 - Eight 4"/40 rapid fire mounts, and four 3-pounders World War II - One 5"/38 aft gun mount and Two bow 4"/50 gun mounts |
USS Wilmington (PG-8) was the lead ship in a class of two United States Navy gunboats. She was laid down on 8 October 1894 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company; launched on 19 October 1895; sponsored by Mrs. Anne B. Gray; and commissioned on 13 May 1897.