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Mindanao (PR-8)
ex-PG-48

Sunk 2 May 1942
River Gunboat: Laid down 20 November 1926 as Patrol Gunboat, PG-48 at Kiangoan Dockyard and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China; Launched, 28 September 1927; Reclassified as a River Gunboat, PR-8; Commissioned USS Mindanao (PR-8), 10 July 1928; Sunk in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands 2 May 1942 to prevent capture by the Japanese; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1942.

Specifications: Displacement 560 t; Length 210' 9"; Beam 31' 1"; Draft 5' 7"; Speed 16 kts; Complement 65; Armament two 3" gun mounts, ten .30 cal.
machine guns.

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Mindanao 27k - -
Mindanao 44k c. June 1928
Undergoing sea trials		 -
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