USS Tulsa (PG-22)

USS Tulsa
History
United States
NameTulsa
NamesakeTulsa, Oklahoma
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Laid down9 December 1919
Launched25 August 1922
Sponsored byMiss Dorothy V. McBirney
Commissioned3 December 1923
Decommissioned6 March 1946
Stricken17 April 1946
FateScrapped 1948
General characteristics
Class and typeAsheville-class gunboat
Displacement
  • 1,207 long tons (1,226 t) {standard}
  • 1,760 long tons (1,790 t) (full load)
Length241 ft 2 in (73.51 m)
Beam41 ft 3 in (12.57 m)
Draft12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Propulsion1-shaft coal-fired geared turbine
Speed12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement159
Sensors and
processing systems
GB Type 128 ASDIC added during 1942 refit at Sydney
Armament
NotesCarries 2 portable 75mm landing/infantry guns

USS Tulsa (PG-22), nicknamed the Galloping Ghost of the South China Coast,[1] was an Asheville-class gunboat of the United States Navy that was in commission from 1923 to 1946. She was named after the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the county seat of Tulsa County.

  1. ^ "Histories of state-named ships revealed | Tulsa World". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04.

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