USS Panay (PR-5)

USS Panay (PR-5)
USS Panay (PR-5)
Panay underway during the standardization trial off Wusong, China, on 30 August 1928
History
United States
NamesakePanay
BuilderJiangnan Dockyard and Engineering Works, Shanghai
Launched10 November 1927
Commissioned10 September 1928
FateSunk by Japanese aircraft, 12 December 1937
General characteristics [1][2]
TypeRiver gunboat
Displacement474 long tons (482 t)
Length191 ft (58 m)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Propulsion2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines

2 × Shafts

3 × Rudders
Speed15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 17.73 knots (trials)
Complement59 officers and enlisted
Armament

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.

  1. ^ Paine, Lincoln P (1997). Ships of the World. Houghton-Mifflin. pp. 385. ISBN 0-395-71556-3. LCCN 97-12872.
  2. ^ Silverstone, Paul H (1966). U.S. Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company. p. 243.