Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AG-19 USS Boggs

• Miscellaneous Auxiliary--Mobile Target (ex-Wickes Class Destroyer):
• Displacement: 1,550 tons
• Length: 314'4"
• Beam: 30'6"
• Draft: 8'8"
• Speed: 35 knots
• Armament: 4 4"/50, 1 3"/23, 6x3 21" torpedo tubes; or 6 3"/50, 1 3"/23, 6x3 21" torpedo tubes
• Complement: 149
• Geared turbine engines, twin screws, 26,000 h.p.
• Built at Mare Island Navy Yard and commissioned as DD-136, 1919
• Reclassified DMS-3, 19 November 1940
• Reclassified as AG-19, 1945

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Boggs

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(As DD-136)

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