USNSM Photo Feature: US Warships from the Revolution to 1941

US Warships from the Revolution to 1941

Patrol Ships and Craft

Gunboats

Ship: Dolphin (PG 24)
Type: Despatch Boat/Gunboat, 1885
Date: 1891
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-A-2-45
Notes: Sometimes considered to be an unarmored cruiser.

Ship: Yorktown (Gbt-1)
Type: Gunboat, 1889
Date: 1891
View: Starboard quarter
Photo ID: 19-2-15

Ship: Petrel (Gbt-2)
Type: Gunboat, 1889
Date: 1891
View: Port side
Photo ID: 19-A-2-55

Ship: Concord (Gbt-3)
Type: Gunboat, 1891
Date: Starboard bow
View: 1891
Photo ID: 19-N-2-113

Ship: Gloucester
Type: Gunboat, 1898
Date: 24 May 1898
View: Port quarter
Photo ID: 19-N-17-7-4
Notes: Formerly Morgan's yacht Corsair.

Ship: Mayflower (PY 1)
Type: Presidential Yacht/Gunboat, 1898
Date: 2 August 1905
View: Port bow, at the Russo-Japanese peace conference
Photo ID: 19-N-17-11-16
Notes: Formerly a private yacht.

Ship: Erie (PG 50)
Type: Large Gunboat, 1936
Date: May 1940
View: Starboard bow, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-466205

River Gunboats

Ship: Panay (PR 5)
Type: River Gunboat, 1928
Date: 30 August 1928
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 19-N-12676
Notes: Sunk by the Japanese 12 December 1937.

Patrol Craft

Ship: SC-26 (PC 26)
Type: Submarine Chaser, 1917
Date: 1918
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 19-N-9265

Ship: SC-405
Type: Submarine Chaser, 1918
Date: 13 December 1918
View: Staboard side, at Brest, France
Photo ID: 111-SC-36204
Notes: Transferred to France upon completion; no USN service.

Ship: PE 33
Type: "Eagle" Type Patrol Boat, 1919
Date: June 1920
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-14513

Ship: PC 451
Type: Submarine Chaser, 1939-1940(?)
Date: September 1940
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-B-22179

Ship: PT-8
Type: Experimental Motor Torpedo Boat
Date: 15 October 1941
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-25577
Notes: Officially redesignated yard patrol craft YP 110 14 October 1941

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