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PG-51 Charleston


Erie Class Gunboat; Laid down at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC, 26 February 1936; Launched, 26 February 1936; Commissioned USS Charleston (PG-51), 8 July 1936; Decommissioned, 10 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 25 March 1948; Last cruise for Maritime Academy, 1957. Fate unknown.

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; Propulsion steam, two shafts.
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Charleston 125k c. February 1936
Under construction
U.S. Navy photo
Robert Hall
Charleston 51k 10 October 1936
Preparing for shake down
U.S. Navy photo
Robert Hall
Charleston 60k - Hyper War US Navy in WWII
Charleston 27k - -
Charleston 42k - -
Charleston 40k - -
Charleston 105k Boston, MA
1951.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Charleston 87k East Boston Shipyard, c. fall 1955. Just before deploying for three months on a training cruise to the Mediterranean in January 1956. CDR Jack Dowd, USNR, Ret.
Charleston 95k Yard period, c. fall of 1955. CDR Jack Dowd, USNR, Ret.

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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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