Dubuque-class gunboat

Class overview
USS Paducah (PG-18)
Builders	Gas Engine & Power Company & Charles L. Seabury Company, Morris Heights, New York City
Operators	United States Navy
Built	1903-1905
In commission	1905-1946
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	1,174 tons
Length	200 ft (61 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × 500ihp Gas Engine Power Co. vertical triple-expansion engines 2 × 623.5ihp vertical triple-expansion engines (1921)
Speed	13 knots
Complement	162 161 (1921)
Armament	1905- 6 × 4 in (100 mm)/40 cal rapid-fire guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid-fire guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) rapid-fire guns 1 × .30 cal Colt machine gun 1911- 6 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal rapid-fire guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid-fire guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) rapid-fire guns 1918- 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal rapid-fire guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid-fire guns 1921- 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal rapid-fire guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 cal anti-aircraft gun 1940- 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal DP gun 2 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal anti-aircraft gun

The Dubuque class gunboats were a class of gunboats built by the United States prior to World War I. The class was designed in 1903. The United States Navy commissioned 2 Dubuque-class gunboats in 1903. Dubuques had a design speed of 12 knots, and a main armament of six 4" rapid-fire guns and four 6-pounder rapid-fire guns in single mounts.