From Wikipedia.
Earlier this month I wrote about this U.S. warship in my Not So Forgotten: War of 1812 blog. In it, I have been looking for a Gunboat 47 that the Americans had during that war and that a Richard Hill served on it. It evidently was one of the Jeffersonian Gunboats which weren't usually named, just numbered. I haven't found any mention of it yet.
But, I did find this gunboat while looking for that other one and figured it would fit nicely into this blog because it was in World War II and the years leading up to it.
From Wikipedia.
USS LUZON (GB-47) (PR-7)
The first USS Luzon in the U.S. Navy was laid down 20 November 1926 by the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China, launched 12 September 1927 and commissioned 1 June 928.
It was one of eight gunboats built for service on the Yangtze River in Chiba. She served as the flagship of the Yangtze River Patrol until December 1938. In August 1937, she evacuated the American embassy staff from Shanghai to Chunking after the Japanese attack on the former city.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
LENGTH: 210.9 feet
BEAM: 31 feet
COMPLEMENT: 80
ARMAMENT:
Two 3-inch guns
Ten .30 caliber machine guns
--GreGen
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