Dubuque-class gunboat explained
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| Dubuque-class gunboat | | Built Range: | 1903-1905 | | In Commission Range: | 1905-1946 | | Total Ships Planned: | 2 | | Total Ships Completed: | 2 | | Total Ships Retired: | 2 |
| Header Caption: | [1] [2] | | Ship Type: | Gunboat | | Ship Displacement: | 1,174 tons | | Ship Length: | 200feet | | Ship Beam: | 35feet | | Ship Draught: | 12feet | | Ship Propulsion: | - 2 × 500ihp Gas Engine Power Co. vertical triple-expansion engines
- 2 × 623.5ihp vertical triple-expansion engines (1921)
| | Ship Speed: | 13 knots | | Ship Complement: |
| | Ship Armament: | - 1905-
- 6 × 4inches/40 cal rapid-fire guns
- 4 × 6-pounder (57mm) rapid-fire guns
- 2 × 1-pounder (37mm) rapid-fire guns
- 1 × .30 cal Colt machine gun
- 1911-
- 6 × 4inches/50 cal rapid-fire guns
- 4 × 6-pounder (57mm) rapid-fire guns
- 2 × 1-pounder (37mm) rapid-fire guns
- 1918-
- 4 × 4inches/50 cal rapid-fire guns
- 4 × 6-pounder (57mm) rapid-fire guns
- 1921-
- 4 × 4inches/50 cal rapid-fire guns
- 1 × 3inches/23 cal anti-aircraft gun
- 1940-
- 1 × 5inches/38 cal DP gun
- 2 × 4inches/50 cal guns
- 1 × 3inches/50 cal anti-aircraft gun
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The
Dubuque class gunboats were a
class of
gunboats built by the United States prior to
World War I. The class was designed in 1903. The
United States Navy commissioned 2
Dubuque-class gunboats in 1903.
Dubuques had a design speed of 12 knots, and a main armament of six 4" rapid-fire guns and four 6-pounder rapid-fire guns in single mounts.
Design
In 1902, two gunboats, and were ordered from Gas Engine & Power Company & Charles L. Seabury Company of New York for survey and patrol duties in the Caribbean. They were 174feet long between perpendiculars and 200inchesft5inchesin (ftin) long overall, with an unusual high and rounded bow, fitted with a bowsprit. Beam was 35feet with a draft of 13inchesft4inchesin (ftin). Displacement was 1084LT. The hull was of composite construction, with steel above the waterline and wood below. Two Babcock & Wilcox boilers fed vertical triple-expansion steam engines rated at 1250ihp, driving two shafts and giving a speed of . Two tall and thin funnels were fitted.[3] [4]
Ships
| Ship | Laid down[5] | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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| 22 September 1903 | 15 August 1904 | 31 May 1905 | Sold 19 December 1946[6] |
| 22 September 1903 | 11 October 1904 | 31 August 1905 | Sold 19 December 1946[7]
Purchased by Haganah and renamed Geulah, caught trying to smuggle Jewish refugees to Palestine 2 October 1947. Merchant ship 1948, scrapped 1951. | |
References
- Book: Chesneau. Roger. Kolesnik. Eugene M.. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. 1979. Conway Maritime Press. London. 0-85177-133-5.
- Book: Friedman, Norman. U.S. Small Combatants: Including PT-Boats, Subchasers and the Brown Water Navy. 1987. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, Maryland, USA. 0-87021-713-5.
Notes and References
- Web site: PG-18 Paducah . Navsource.org . 3 April 2015.
- Web site: PG-17 Dubuque . Navsource.org . 3 April 2015.
- Friedman 2009, p. 417.
- Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 167.
- Friedman 1987, p. 462.
- Web site: Dubuque (Gunboat No. 17) i 1905-1946. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 7 April 2015.
- Web site: Paducah (Gunboat No. 18) i. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 7 April 2015.
