USS Palos (PG-16)

History
United States
Name	USS Palos
Builder	Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co.
Laid down	28 April 1913
Launched	23 April 1914
Commissioned	24 June 1914
Decommissioned	21 May 1937
Reclassified	PR-1, 15 June 1928
Stricken	21 May 1937
Fate	Sold, 3 June 1937
General characteristics
Type	River gunboat
Displacement	204 long tons (207 t)
Length	165 ft 6 in (50.44 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	2 ft 5 in (0.74 m)
Speed	13.25 knots (24.54 km/h; 15.25 mph)
Complement	52 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 6-pounder guns 6 × machine guns

The second USS Palos (PG-16), a shallow draft gunboat built for service on the Yangtze River, China, was pre-constructed at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1912; dismantled and shipped to Shanghai, China: laid down by the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., on 28 April 1913; launched on 23 April 1914; sponsored by Mrs. Lee S. Border, wife of Naval Constructor Border who supervised the gunboat's construction; and commissioned on 24 June 1914.