USS Panay (PR-5)

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USS Panay (PR-5)

Panay underway during the standardization trial off Wusong, China, on 30 August 1928
History
United States
Namesake	Panay
Builder	Jiangnan Dockyard and Engineering Works, Shanghai
Launched	10 November 1927
Commissioned	10 September 1928
Fate	Sunk by Japanese aircraft, 12 December 1937
General characteristics [1][2]
Type	River gunboat
Displacement	474 long tons (482 t)
Length	191 ft (58 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 × Shafts 3 × Rudders
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 17.73 knots (trials)
Complement	59 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns 8 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) Browning M1919 machine guns

The second USS Panay (PR–5) of the United States Navy was a Panay-class river gunboat that served on the Yangtze Patrol in China until being sunk by Japanese aircraft on 12 December 1937 on the Yangtze River.

The vessel was built by Jiangnan Dockyard and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China, and launched on 10 November 1927. She was sponsored by Mrs. Ellis S. Stone and commissioned on 10 September 1928.