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Palos (PR 1)
ex-PG-16
ex-Gunboat No. 16

River Gunboat: Pre-constructed in 1912 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Dismantled and shipped to Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., Shanghai, China; Laid down, 28 April 1913; Launched, 23 April 1914; Commissioned USS Palos, (Gunboat No. 16), 24 June 1914; Designated as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-16, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as a River Gunboat, PR-1, 15 June 1928; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1937 at Chugking, China; Sold for scrapping, 3 June 1937 to Ming Sung Industrial Co.

Specifications: Displacement 204 t; Length 165 ' 6"; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 2' 5"'; Speed 12.25 kts; Complement 147; Armament two 6-pounders and six .30 cal. Lewis machine guns.

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Palos (Gunboat No. 16)
Palos 258k Seen from left to right on the waterfront at Mare Island sometime between 18 - 31 July 1913 are Dredge No. 2, YC-29 and 30 on the seawall behind the dredge, and a small steam launch. Dart (YFB 308) and Pinafore (SP 450). The yard's 40 ton dry dock crane is to the right of the dredge. The Palos was on the ways to the left of the cantilever crane and the USS Kanawha (AO 1) is on the ways to the right.
U.S. Navy photo 5396		 Darryl Baker
USS Palos (Gunboat No. 16)
Palos 55k U.S. Naval Institute photo
Dudley Knox Library
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Ca.,
Yangtze River Patrol Memorial Exhibit		 -
USS Palos (PG 16)
Palos 175k U.S. Navy photo from the 1924 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships Derick S. Hartshorn
Isabel 101k U.S. Warships at Hankow, China, at low river level, 1925. Ships are USS Truxtun (DD-229) at left; USS Isabel (PY-10) in center, and USS Palos (PG-16) in the right foreground. Also present are several junks, and a British Cornflower class sloop (partially visible at far right).
Collection of Captain Glenn Howell, USN.
U.S. Navy photo NH 80990		 Naval Historical Center
USS Palos (PR 1)
Palos 81k c. 1930. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
View the Palos (PG-16)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Yangtze River Patrol Memorial
The Yangtze Patrol
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