USS Pampanga

History
Spain
NamePampanga
BuilderManila Ship Company, Cavite, Philippines
Laid downMarch 1887
LaunchedFebruary 1888
FateCaptured by US Army, Manila Bay, June 1898
United States
NameUSS Pampanga
Acquiredby capture, June 1898
Commissioned9 November 1899
Decommissioned18 June 1902
Recommissioned30 January 1904
Decommissioned30 April 1907
Recommissioned12 April 1911
Decommissioned31 May 1915
Recommissioned3 January 1916
Decommissioned6 November 1928
FateSunk by US Navy, 21 November 1928
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement243 long tons (247 t)
Length121 ft (37 m)
Beam17 ft 10 in (5.44 m)
Draft7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement30 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Pampanga (PG-39) was a schooner-rigged iron gunboat in the United States Navy during the Philippine–American War. She retained her Spanish name.

Pampanga was laid down for the Spanish Navy by the Manila Ship Company, Cavite, Philippines, in March 1887; launched in February 1888; captured by the US Army at Manila Bay in June 1898; commissioned in American service on 18 June 1899; and turned over to the US Navy at Cavite Navy Yard on 9 November 1899. Pampanga had two sister-ships which also served in the US Navy, USS Samar (PG-41) and USS Paragua.