USS Mindanao (PR-8)
USS Mindanao (PR-8) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Mindanao |
| Namesake | Island of Mindanao |
| Builder | Kiangnan Dock & Engineering Works |
| Laid down | 20 November 1926 |
| Launched | 28 September 1927 |
| Commissioned | 10 July 1928 |
| Stricken | 8 May 1942 |
| Honors & awards | 1 battle star (WWII) |
| Fate | Sunk to avoid capture on 2 May 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 560 long tons (569 t) |
| Length | 210 ft 9 in (64.24 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 1 in (9.47 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Speed | 16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Complement | 65 |
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The first USS Mindanao (PR‑8) was a river gunboat in the service of the United States Navy before and during World War II.