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Gunboat No. 21 / PG-21 Asheville

Asheville sank 3 March 1942

Asheville Class Gunboat: Laid down, 9 June 1917 at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC.; Launched, 4 July 1918; Commissioned USS Asheville (Gunboat No. 21), 6 July 1920; Redesignated PG-21, 17 July 1920; Lost to enemy action, 3 March 1942, sunk by Japanese squadron south of Java, Netherlands East Indies; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1942.

Specifications: Displacement 1,207 (lt), 1760 (fl) t; Length 241' 2"; Beam 41' 3"; Draft 12' 9"; Speed 12 kts; Complement 159; Armament five 4" guns, two 3-pounders.
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Asheville 110k c. 1920
Asheville near completion at the Charleston Navy Yard.
Courtesy U.S. Warships of World War I
Mike Green
Asheville 81k - Philip R Abbey
The Yangtze Patrol web site
Asheville 71k - Scott McCoy
Asheville 79k Close up of above photo. Scott McCoy
Sacramento 113k c. 1920. USS Sacramento (PG 19), USS Robin (AM 2), and Asheville at Charleston, SC. Vance A. Adams
Asheville 208k With awnings spread to combat the sun's heat while anchored in the Canal Zone, serving with the Special Service Squadron in the late 1920s.
National Archive Photo 80-G-1034878
Naval Historical Center

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

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Yangtze River Patrol Memorial
The Yangtze Patrol
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