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Oahu (PR 6)
ex-PG-46

Sunk 5 May 1942
Shallow-draft River Gunboat: Laid down 18 December 1926 as PG-46 by the Kiangoan Dockyard and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China; Launched 26 November 1927; Reclassified as a River Gunboat, PR-6; Commissioned USS Oahu (PR-6), 20 October 1928; Sunk by enemy action 5 May 1942 off Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands (at position 14° 23N, 120°35E); Struck from the Navy Register 8 May 1942.

Specifications: Displacement 450 t; Length 191'; Beam 28' 1"; Draft 5' 3"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 55; Armament two 3"/50 cal. gun mounts, eight .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two 1,900hp triple expansion engines, two shafts in tunnels, three rudders.

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Oahu 69k c. 1930
From the collection of Ernest Arroyo.		 Jim Flynn
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