Wilmington Class Gunboat (1895)
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Two Wilmington class gunboats were completed for the United States Navy in 1897.
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| Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Wilmington | PG-8 | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 8 Oct, 1894 | 19 Oct, 1895 | 13 May, 1897 | Sold 30 Dec, 1946 |
| Helena | PG-9 | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 11 Oct, 1894 | 30 Jan, 1896 | 8 Jul, 1897 | Sold 7 Jul, 1934 |
Construction
Armament
As Completed
- eight 4-inch/40 caliber
- four 6-pounders
- four 1-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 165.
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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