USS Sacramento (PG-19)
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USS Sacramento steaming off Tsingtao, China.
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| Name: | USS Sacramento |
| Namesake: | Sacramento, California |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Launched: | 21 February 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 26 April 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 February 1946 |
| Reclassified: | PG-19, 17 July 1920 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold for mercantile service, 23 August 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 1,425 long tons (1,448 t) |
| Length: | 226 ft 2 in (68.94 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 10.5 in (12.459 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 6.5 in (3.823 m) |
| Speed: | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 171 officers and enlisted |
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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.
In 1911, it was decided to order a new gunboat as a cheaper alternative to the US Navy's Denver-class cruisers, designed to patrol in the Caribbean. The new ship would carry much less armament and not be able to carry troops, allowing a much smaller ship. Construction of the ship was authorized by Act of Congress on 4 March 1911, but no shipyard was willing to build the Navy's design for the target cost of $500,000, and the Navy was forced to further reduce the design, cutting speed and range, before it could be ordered.
The final design was 226 feet 2 inches (68.94 m) long overall and 210 feet (64.01 m) long between perpendiculars, with a beam of 40 feet 10 inches (12.45 m) and a draft of 11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m). The ship was of flush decked design and was made of steel.Displacement was 1,425 long tons (1,448 t) normal and 1,592 long tons (1,618 t) full load. A single three-cylinder triple expansion engine, rated at 950 indicated horsepower (710 kW), drove a single shaft, and were supplied with two Babcock & Wilcox coal-fired water-tube boilers feeding steam at 215 pounds per square inch (1,480 kPa). This gave a contract speed of 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph). 428 t of coal were carried, giving a range of 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi).
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