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

AGP-1 USS Niagara

• Miscellaneous class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender:
• Displacement: 1,922 tons (full load)
• Length: 267'
• Beam: 35'4"'
• Draft: 17' (full load)
• Speed: 16 knots
• Armament: 2 3"/50 DP
• Complement: 139
• Diesel engines, twin screws, 1,500 shaft h.p.
• Built at Bath Iron Works as yacht >Hi-Esmare, 1929
• Purchased by the Navy, converted to Patrol Gunboat Niagara (PG-58), and commissioned 20 January 1941
• Redesignated AGP-1 13 Janury 1943

Additional Links:

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

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