USS Dubuque (PG-17)

USS Dubuque (PG-17)
History
United States
Name	Dubuque
Namesake	City of Dubuque, Iowa
Builder	Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York
Laid down	22 September 1903
Launched	15 August 1904
Commissioned	3 June 1905
Decommissioned	22 July 1911
Recommissioned	4 August 1914
Decommissioned	27 May 1919
Recommissioned	25 May 1922
Decommissioned	7 September 1945
Reclassified	AG-6 (Miscellaneous Auxiliary), 1919 IX-9 (Unclassified Miscellaneous Unit), 24 April 1922 PG-17 (Patrol Gunboat), 4 November 1940
Fate	Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal, 19 December 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Dubuque-class gunboat
Displacement	1,237 long tons (1,257 t)
Length	200 ft (61 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × 500ihp Gas Engine Power Co. vertical triple-expansion engines 2 × 596.5ihp vertical triple-expansion engines (1921)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) 12.9 knots (23.9 km/h; 14.8 mph) (1921)
Complement	162
Armament	1905– 6 × 4 in (100 mm)/40 cal rapid fire guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) rapid fire guns 1 × .30 cal Colt machine gun 1911– 6 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal rapid fire guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) rapid fire guns 1918– 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal rapid fire guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns 1921– 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal rapid fire guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 cal anti-aircraft gun 1940– 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal DP guns 2 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal DP guns anti-aircraft gun

USS Dubuque (PG-17) was a United States Navy patrol combatant ship that served in both World War I and World War II. She was named for Dubuque, Iowa.

She was launched 15 August 1904, by Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York; sponsored by Miss M. Tredway. She was commissioned on 3 June 1905, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Augustus F. Fechteler. She was reclassified AG-6 in 1919; IX-9, 24 April 1922; and PG-17, 4 November 1940.