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Gunboat No. 19 / PG-19 Sacramento


Sacramento Class Gunboat: Laid down at William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA; Launched, 21 February 1914; Commissioned USS Sacramento (Gunboat No.19), 26 April 1914; Redesignated PG-19, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 6 February 1946 at Suisun Bay, CA and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal; Sold, 23 August 1947 for mercantile service, initially operating under Italian registry as Fermina. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,425 t; Length 226' 2"; Beam 40' 10"; Draft 12' 6"; Speed 12 kts; Complement 171; Armament three 4"/50s, two 3-pounders, two 1-pounder, three field pieces; Propulsion one set triple expansion steam, two Babcock boilers (converted to burn fuel oil).


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Sacramento 60k - The Yangtze Patrol web site
Sacramento 31k - Jon Burdett
Sacramento 87k c. 1919
Serving in Northern Russia.
Imperial War Museum photo
Courtesy U.S. Warships of World War I
Mike Green
Sacramento 61k c. 1920. In dry dock, Charleston, SC. Vance A. Adams
Sacramento 92k c. 1920. In dry dock, Charleston, SC. Vance A. Adams
Sacramento 113k c. 1920. In dry dock, Charleston, SC. Vance A. Adams
Sacramento 113k c. 1920. Sacramento, USS Robin (AM 2), and USS Asheville (PG 21) at Charleston, SC. Vance A. Adams
Sacramento 41k c. 1920. At Gibralter. Vance A. Adams
Sacramento 112k Off Tsingtao, China, during the 1920s or 1930s. Several U.S. Navy submarines are in the foreground, among them USS S-39 (SS-144), the outboard boat in the nest.
US Navy Photo NH 101685
Naval Historical Center
Sacramento 69k c. 1939 .
Sacramento 50k Leaving Manila Bay for home. c. 1939
Photo taken by the USS Augusta's ship's photographer
Jim McGrew
Sacramento 31k Leaving Manila Bay for home. c. 1939
Photo taken by the USS Augusta's ship's photographer
Jim McGrew

View the Sacramento (PG-19)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site. The main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Yangtze River Patrol Memorial
The Yangtze Patrol
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