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Hilo (AGP 2)
ex-PG-58


Gunboat: Laid down 18 August 1930 as the yacht Caroline for Eldridge H. Johnson, by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; Launched 18 July 1931; Delivered 23 September 1931. Caroline served as a base for scientific research at Easter Island. Sold in 1938 to William B. Leeds and renamed Moana; Acquired by the Navy, 28 November 1941; Converted for naval service at Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, CA; Commissioned USS Hilo (PG-58), 11 June 1942; Reclassified as a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender, AGP-2, 13 January 1943; Decommissioned, 3 March 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission 1 July 1946; Sold, (date unknown), to Pillsbury and Martingnoni, San Francisco, CA; Scrapped in 1958.

Specifications: Displacement 2,350 t.; Length 278' 11"; Beam 38' 3"; Draft 17'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 116; Armament one 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion two 1,500 hp diesel engines, two shafts.


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Hilo 75k The yacht Caroline Bath Iron Works
Hilo 25k c. October 1940
The yacht Moana
Photo by Morris Rosenfeld
John Johnston
Hilo 58k c. 1944
Hilo (AGP 2)
John Johnston

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