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PG-50 Erie
Erie Class Gunboat; Laid down, December 1934 at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; Launched, 29 January 1936; Commissioned USS
Erie (PG-50), 1 July 1936; Beached, 12 November 1942 at Curacao, Netherlands Antilles after being torpedoed. After being towed to Willenstadt,
Curaco, Netherlands Antilles, she capsized and sank, 5 December 1942; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 July 1943.
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, two quad machine guns, two 3-pounders, and one aircraft; Propulsion two Babcock & Wilcox boilers, Parsons geared turbines, two shafts.
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c. Nov-Dec 1943 After torpedoing |
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