USS Jamestown (PG-55)
USS Jamestown (PG-55) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Jamestown |
| Namesake | Settlement of Jamestown, Virginia |
| Ordered | as Savarona |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1928 |
| Acquired | 6 December 1940 |
| Commissioned | 26 May 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 6 March 1946 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Fate | Sold, 16 December 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,780 tons |
| Length | 294 ft (90 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 2 in (11.63 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 259 |
| Armament | Two 3"/50 caliber guns, six 20mm AA guns |
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USS Jamestown (PG-55) was a patrol gunboat and after 13 January 1943 a Jamestown-class motor torpedo boat tender acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task in her final classification was to provide a "home base" for torpedo boats in remote parts of the ocean during the war, and to provide them with necessary services, such as fuel, food, and repairs.