USS Dubuque (PG-17)
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Dubuque.
USS Dubuque (PG-17) was a United States Navy patrol combatant ship that served in both World War I and World War II. She was named for Dubuque, Iowa.
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Name | Dubuque |
Namesake | City of Dubuque, Iowa |
Builder | Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York |
Laid down | 22 September 1903 |
Launched | 15 August 1904 |
Commissioned | 3 June 1905 |
Decommissioned | 22 July 1911 |
Recommissioned | 4 August 1914 |
Decommissioned | 27 May 1919 |
Recommissioned | 25 May 1922 |
Decommissioned | 7 September 1945 |
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Fate | Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal, 19 December 1946 |
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Class and type | Dubuque-class gunboat |
Displacement | 1,237 long tons (1,257 t) |
Length | 200 ft (61 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
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Complement | 162 |
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She was launched 15 August 1904, by Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York; sponsored by Miss M. Tredway. She was commissioned on 3 June 1905, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Augustus F. Fechteler. She was reclassified AG-6 in 1919; IX-9, 24 April 1922; and PG-17, 4 November 1940.