USS Sacramento (PG-19)

USS Sacramento
USS Sacramento steaming off Tsingtao, China.
History
United States
NameUSS Sacramento
NamesakeSacramento, California
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number403
Launched21 February 1914
Commissioned26 April 1914
Decommissioned6 February 1946
ReclassifiedPG-19, 17 July 1920
Honors and
awards
2 battle stars (World War II)
FateSold for mercantile service, 23 August 1947
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement1,425 long tons (1,448 t)
Length226 ft 2 in (68.94 m)
Beam40 ft 10.5 in (12.459 m)
Draft12 ft 6.5 in (3.823 m)
Speed12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement171 officers and enlisted
Armament

The second USS Sacramento (PG-19) was a gunboat in the United States Navy.

Sacramento was launched on 21 February 1914 by the William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Phebe Briggs; and commissioned on 26 April 1914 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard under the command of Commander Luke McNamee.


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