Allied Warships

USS Dubuque (PG-17)

Gunboat of the Dubuque class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeGunboat
ClassDubuque 
PennantPG-17 
Built byGas Engine and Power Co. (Morris Heights, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Sep 1903 
Launched15 Aug 1904 
Commissioned3 Jun 1905 
End service7 Sep 1945 
History

Decommissioned on 22 July 1911
Recommissioned on 4 August 1914
Reclassified as Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-6 in 1919
Decommissioned on 27 May 1919
Reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary IX-9 on 24 April 1922
Recommissioned on 25 May 1922
Placed in reduced commission on 1 November 1940
Reclassified as Patrol Gunboat PG-17 on 4 November 1940
Recommissioned on 1 July 1941
Decommissioned on 7 September 1945

 

Commands listed for USS Dubuque (PG-17)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. Richard Thomas Brodhead, USNR1939 ?1940 ?
2Milton Ray Wortley, USNR1940 ?early 1942
3Leon John Jacobi, Sr., USNRearly 1942ca Sep 42
4Elmer C. Powell, USNRca Sep 42early 1943
5Donald H. Johnson, USNRearly 1943late 1943
6Lt. Sylvester Cunningham, USNRlate 1943ca Apr 44
7Leo J. Perry, USNRca Apr 447 Sep 1945

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