Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AGP-3 USS Jamestown

• Miscellaneous class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender:
• Displacement: 2,385 tons (full load)
• Length: 294'
• Beam: 38'
• Draft: 17' (full load)
• Speed: 15 knots
• Armament: 2 3"/50 DP, 4 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks
• Complement: 259
• Diesel engines, twin screws, 1,500 shaft h.p.
• Built at Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Del. as yacht >Savarona, 1929
• Purchased by the Navy, converted to Patrol Gunboat Jamestown (PG-55), and commissioned 26 May 1941
• Redesignated AGP-3 13 Janury 1943

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Jamestown

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