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'''USS ''St. Augustine'' (PG-54)''' was built in 1929 by [[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.]] in [[Newport News]], [[Virginia]]. She was originally a steel-hulled yacht named ''Viking'' and later named ''Noparo''.<ref name="navysource">{{citation|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09054.htm|title=Gunboat Photo Archive: St. Augustine (PG 54)|date=|accessdate=2008-12-18}}</ref><ref name="historycentral">{{citation|url=http://www.historycentral.com/navy/patrol/Staugustine.html|title=St Augustine PG-54|date=|accessdate=2008-12-18}}</ref> She was purchased by the US Navy on 5 December 1940 and was sent to [[Bethlehem Steel|Bethlehem Steel Corp.]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] where she was converted into a patrol [[gunboat]]. She was named ''St. Augustine'' on 9 January 1941 and commissioned as |
'''USS ''St. Augustine'' (PG-54)''' was built in 1929 by [[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.]] in [[Newport News]], [[Virginia]]. She was originally a steel-hulled yacht named ''Viking'' and later named ''Noparo''.<ref name="navysource">{{citation|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09054.htm|title=Gunboat Photo Archive: St. Augustine (PG 54)|date=|accessdate=2008-12-18}}</ref><ref name="historycentral">{{citation|url=http://www.historycentral.com/navy/patrol/Staugustine.html|title=St Augustine PG-54|date=|accessdate=2008-12-18}}</ref> She was purchased by the US Navy on 5 December 1940 and was sent to [[Bethlehem Steel|Bethlehem Steel Corp.]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] where she was converted into a patrol [[gunboat]]. She was named ''St. Augustine'' on 9 January 1941 and commissioned as USS ''St. Augustine'' on 16 January 1941.<ref name="navysource" /><ref name="historycentral" /> |
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| ⚫ | ''St. Augustine'' was assigned to the 1st Naval District and operated out of Boston as a patrol ship until 1942.<ref name="historycentral" /><ref name="navy">{{citation|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/pg54.htm|title=USS Saint Augustine (PG-54), 1941-1944|date=|accessdate=2008-12-18}}</ref> She was transferred to the Eastern Sea Frontier where she escorted convoys between [[New York City]] and various [[Caribbean]] ports.<ref name="historycentral" /><ref name="navy" /> On the night of 6 January 1944, while leading a convoy from New York to [[Guantanamo Bay]], [[Cuba]], ''St. Augustine'' was accidentally rammed by merchant tanker ''Camas Meadows'' off the coast of [[Cape May]], [[New Jersey]].<ref name="navysource" /><ref name="navy" /> ''St. Augustine'' [[shipwreck|foundered]] within five minutes, and 115 of the 145 crewmembers on board were killed.<ref name="historycentral" /> |
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Revision as of 16:28, 22 October 2011
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| History | |
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 United States of America | |
| Name | USS St. Augustine |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA |
| Acquired | 5 December 1940 |
| Commissioned | 16 January 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk after collision with merchant tanker |
| General characteristics | |
| Typ | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,720 long tons (1,750 t) (full) |
| Length | 272 ft 2 in (82.96 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Turbo-electric 2 × shafts |
| Speed | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement | 185 |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns |
USS St. Augustine (PG-54) was built in 1929 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in Newport News, Virginia. She was originally a steel-hulled yacht named Viking and later named Noparo.[1][2] She was purchased by the US Navy on 5 December 1940 and was sent to Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Boston, Massachusetts where she was converted into a patrol gunboat. She was named St. Augustine on 9 January 1941 and commissioned as USS St. Augustine on 16 January 1941.[1][2]
St. Augustine was assigned to the 1st Naval District and operated out of Boston as a patrol ship until 1942.[2][3] She was transferred to the Eastern Sea Frontier where she escorted convoys between New York City and various Caribbean ports.[2][3] On the night of 6 January 1944, while leading a convoy from New York to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, St. Augustine was accidentally rammed by merchant tanker Camas Meadows off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey.[1][3] St. Augustine foundered within five minutes, and 115 of the 145 crewmembers on board were killed.[2]
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