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Villalobos (PG 42)

Patrol Gunboat: Laid down in September 1895 by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co., Hong Kong, British Crown Colony for service with the Spanish Navy; Launched in 1896; Completed in July 1896; Acquired by the Navy 21 February 1900; Commissioned Villalobos, Gunboat No> 42, 5 March 1900 at Cavite, Philippines; Decommissioned 20 November 1902 at Cavite; Recommissioned 21 January 1903; Reclassified PG-42, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned 29 May 1928; Struck from the Navy list 4 October 1928; Sunk as a target 9 October 1928 off the China coast.

Specifications: Displacement 270 t; Length 156' 2"; Beam 23'; Draft 7' 6"; Speed 11 kts; Complement 57; Armament four 3-pounders and two 1-pounders.

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Villalobos 96k In Chinese waters, about 1910.
U.S. Navy photo NH 48493		 Naval Historical Center
Isabel 94k Hangchow, China. Some of the ships of the U.S. Navy's Yangtse River Patrol at Hangchow during the 1920s, with several local junks and sampans also present. U.S. Navy ships are (from left to right): USS Isabel (PY-10); USS Villalobos (PG-42); and USS Elcano (PG-38).
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.
U.S. Navy photo NH 67127		 Naval Historical Center
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