Wake 1941
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| PG43, 6/1928- PR3 | Guam, 1/1941- Wake | Kiangnan Dock, Shanghai, China | 1926 | 28/5/1927 | 12/1927 | captured by Japan 8/12/1941 (Tatara), returned 8/1945, to China 1946 (Tai Yuan) |
| PG44, 6/1928- PR4 | Tutuila | Kiangnan Dock, Shanghai, China | 10/1926 | 14/6/1927 | 3/1928 | to China 2/1942 (Mei Yuan) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
370 |
|
Displacement full, t |
395 |
|
Length, m |
45.7 wl 48.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
8.25 |
|
Draught, m |
1.55 mean |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1950 |
|
Max speed, kts |
14.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
|
| Endurance, nm (kts) | |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 2/3/5/6/8, 8 x 1 - 7.6/90 |
| Complement |
70 |
Ship project history: Under the FY1925 program in the USA were been built 6 river gunboats for service on Yellow river in China for protection of American interests.
Modernizations: 1941, both: + 8 x 1 - 7.6/90.
Naval service: Wake 7/12/1941 was captured in Shanghai by Japanese and commissioned by IJN as Tatara. In 1945 she was returned to the USA. Tutuila 16/2/1942 was transferred to China and renamed Mei Yuan.
Wake
© Ivan Gogin, 2008-10