Wheeling Class Gunboat (1897)
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Two Wheeling class gunboats were completed for the United States Navy in 1897.
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| Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Wheeling | PG-14 | Union Iron Works | 11 April, 1896 | 18 March, 1897 | 10 August, 1897 | Sold 30 October, 1946 |
| Marietta | PG-15 | Union Iron Works | 13 April, 1896 | 18 March, 1897 | 1 September, 1897 | Sold 25 March, 1920 |
Construction
Armament
As Completed
- six 4-inch/40 caliber
- four 6-pounders
- two 1-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 166.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.
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