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Dubuque (Gunboat No. 17)
AG-6
IX-9
PG-17


Patrol Gunboat: Built in 1904 by the Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury and Co., Morris Heights, Long Island, NY; Launched 15 August 1904; Commissioned USS Dubuque (Gunboat No. 17) 3 June 1905; Decommissioned, 22 July 1911 and transferred to the Illinois Naval Militia for use as a training vessel; Recommissioned 4 August 1914; Placed in commission, in reserve 3 October 1914; Fitted out as a mine-training ship and placed in full commission 30 July 1915; Reclassified as a Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-6 in 1919; Decommissioned, 27 May 1919; Reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary IX-9, 24 April 1922; Recommissioned 25 May 1922 for service as a Naval Reserve training ship; Placed in reduced commission 1 November 1940; Reclassified as a Patrol Gunboat PG-17, 4 November 1940; Recommissioned 1 July 1941; Decommissioned 7 September 1945; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 19 December 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,084 t; Length 200' 5; Beam 35'; Draft 13' 4"; Speed 13 kts; Complement 198; Armament four 4"/50 gun mounts, four 6-pounders and two 1-pounders.


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