USS Tulsa (PG-22)

USS Tulsa
History
United States
Name	Tulsa
Namesake	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Laid down	9 December 1919
Launched	25 August 1922
Sponsored by	Miss Dorothy V. McBirney
Commissioned	3 December 1923
Decommissioned	6 March 1946
Stricken	17 April 1946
Fate	Scrapped 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	Asheville-class gunboat
Displacement	1,207 long tons (1,226 t) {standard} 1,760 long tons (1,790 t) (full load)
Length	241 ft 2 in (73.51 m)
Beam	41 ft 3 in (12.57 m)
Draft	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Propulsion	1-shaft coal-fired geared turbine
Speed	12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	159
Sensors and processing systems	GB Type 128 ASDIC added during 1942 refit at Sydney
Armament	3 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal gun mounts 2 × 3-pounder guns 2 × 1-pounder guns 4 × .30 cal. Lewis machine guns
Notes	Carries 2 portable 75mm landing/infantry guns

USS Tulsa (PG-22), nicknamed the Galloping Ghost of the South China Coast,^[1] was an Asheville-class gunboat of the United States Navy that was in commission from 1923 to 1946. She was named after the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the county seat of Tulsa County.