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  Deck: 1.25 in (3.2 cm)

  Conning Tower: 3 in (7.6 cm)

  Gunshields: 1 in (2.5 cm)

  Aircraft carried: 1 × floatplane

  Construction

  The two gunboats of the Erie class were ordered in June 1933,

with the first ship of class, Erie, laid down at the New York Naval

Shipyard on 17 December 1934. Erie was launched on 29 February

1936 and commissioned on 1 July 1936.

  Prewar

  Erie spent November and December 1936 on her shakedown

cruise protecting American interests and citizens during the Spanish

Civil War. For most of 1937 she trained midshipmen, operating out

of United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. On 3 February 1938

she became flagship of the Special Service Squadron which operated

along the coasts of Central and South America. Her duties included

training, neutrality patrol, and guard ship for the Panama Canal.

  On 21 January 1939, Erie participated in search-and-rescue

efforts related to the ditching and sinking of the Imperial Airways

Short Empire flying boat Cavalier in the Atlantic Ocean. She

transferred a doctor to the commercial tanker Esso Baytown, which

rescued the airliner'?s 10 survivors, but because of the high seas and

darkness had to discontinue the search for the other three people

who had been aboard Cavalier.

  World War II

  At the outbreak of World War II Erie was stationed Balboa,

Panama, at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal. On 13 December

1941, Erie picked up 50 Japanese internees at Puntarenas from the

Costa Rican 14 December, Erie boarded MV Sea Ray

and removed a Japanese on board, and ordered Sea Ray into Balboa

the next 16 December, she boarded MV Santa Margarita and

ordered her to Puntarenas, and later the same day, towed a disabled

motor boat, Orion, into the same port.

  In June 1942, Erie was transferred to Cristóbal, at the Atlantic

end of the Canal, and joined the Battle of the Caribbean against

German U-boats operating between Panama and Cuba.

  On 12 November while leading convoy TAG-20 between Trinidad

and Guantanamo Bay, Erie was struck by one of three torpedoes fired

by U-163. She was badly damaged, and had 7 crew killed and 11

wounded. She was beached to prevent her sinking, and burned for

days.

  Fate

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