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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Panay |
| Builder | Jiangnan Dockyard and Engineering Works, Shanghai |
| Launched | 10 November 1927 |
| Commissioned | 10 September 1928 |
| Fate | Sunk by Japanese aircraft, 12 December 1937 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | River gunboat |
| Displacement | 474 long tons (482 t) |
| Length | 191 ft (58 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
2 × Shafts 3 × Rudders |
| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 17.73 knots (trials) |
| Complement | 59 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The second USS Panay (PR–5) of the United States Navy was a Panay-class river gunboat that served on the Yangtze Patrol in China until being sunk by Japanese aircraft on 12 December 1937 on the Yangtze River.
The vessel was built by Jiangnan Dockyard and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China, and launched on 10 November 1927. She was sponsored by Mrs. Ellis S. Stone and commissioned on 10 September 1928.
- ^ Paine, Lincoln P (1997). Ships of the World. Houghton-Mifflin. pp. 385. ISBN 0-395-71556-3. LCCN 97-12872.
- ^ Silverstone, Paul H (1966). U.S. Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company. p. 243.