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

PR-3 USS Wake

• Patrol Craft (River Gunboat):
• Displacement: 350 tons
• Length: 159'5"
• Beam: 27'
• Draft: 5'3"
• Speed: 14.5 knots
• Armament: 2x1 3"/50, 10x1 .30-cal AA
• Complement: 59
• Built at Kiangnan Dock & Engineering Works, Shanghai, and commissioned 28 December 1927 as Guam;
• Renamed Wake in January 1941

Additional Links:

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

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