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Erie (PG-50)

Sunk 5 December 1942
Erie Class Gunboat: Laid down in December 1934 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; Launched, 29 January 1936; Commissioned 1 July 1936; Beached, 12 November 1942 at Curacao, Netherlands Antilles after being torpedoed. After being towed to Willenstadt, Curaco, Netherlands Antilles, she capsized and sank, 5 December 1942; Struck from the Navy Register 28 July 1943.

Specifications: Displacement 2,000 t; Length 328' 6"; Beam 41' 3"; Draft 14' 10"; Speed 20 kts; Complement 243; Armament four 6"/47 gun mounts, two quad machine guns, two 3-pounders, and one aircraft; Propulsion two Babcock & Wilcox boilers, Parsons geared turbines, two shafts.
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Erie 32k . .
Erie 80k U.S. Navy photo .
Erie 65k U.S. Navy photo Tom Kermen
Erie 92k U.S. Navy photo Robert Hurst
Erie 51k c. 1940
U.S. Navy photo		 Joe Radigan
Erie 65k c. May 1940
U.S. Navy photo		 Dan Driver
Erie 44k c. 1941 .
Erie 64k 2 December 1942
Willemstad, Curacoa		 .
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