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Tutuila (PR 4)
ex-PG-44

Tutuila served the Navies of the United States and the Nationalist China.
Shallow-draft River Gunboat: Laid down, 17 October 1926 by Kiangnan Docking and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China; Launched, 14 June 1927; Commissioned USS Tutuila (PG-44), 2 March 1928; Reclassified as a River Gunboat (PR-4), 15 June 1928; Stranded in Chungking by advancing Japanese forces; Leased to Nationalist China, 19 March 1942, renamed Mei Yuan (translated "American Origin"); Struck from the Naval Register, 25 March 1942; Permanently transferred to Nationalist China, 17 February 1948; Abandoned and scuttled at Shanghai to prevent capture by Communist Chinese forces.
Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 395 t; Length 159' 5"; Beam 27' 1"; Draft 5' 5"(mean); Speed 14.4 kts; Complement 61; Armament two 3"/23 gun mounts, ten .30 cal. Lewis machine guns; Propulsion one 1,950ihp triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft.
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c. 1928 U.S. Navy photo from Jane's Fighting Ships |
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Seen at Chungking Photo from Dudley Knox Library Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA, Yangtze River Patrol Memorial Exhibit |
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