Erie-class gunboat

USS Erie (PG-50)
Class overview
Builders
Operators
Preceded byAsheville class
Succeeded byPGM-1 class
Built1934–1936
In commission1936–1945
Planned2
Completed2
Lost1
Retired1
General characteristics [1][2]
TypeGunboat
Displacement
  • 2,000 long tons (2,032 t) (standard)
  • 2,830 long tons (2,875 t) (full load)
Length
  • 328 ft 6 in (100.13 m) o.a.
  • 308 ft (94 m) p.p.
Beam41 ft 3 in (12.57 m)
Draft14 ft 10 in (4.52 m) (full load)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range8,000 nmi (9,200 mi; 15,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement243
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Armor
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesDerrick

The Erie-class gunboats were a class of gunboats built by the United States prior to World War II. The class was designed in 1932, and commissioned into the United States Navy in 1936: Erie (PG-50) and Charleston (PG-51). The Eries had a design speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) and a main armament of four 6-inch (152 mm) guns in single mounts with four 1.1-inch (28 mm) quadruple mount anti-aircraft guns.