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

PG-21 USS Asheville

Served on Yangze River patrol, with Panay  (PR-5) and sister ship Tacloban (PG-22), from 1920 to 1941; then variously in China, and Philippines until sunk  on 3 Mar 42 in a surface action S. of Java.

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