USS Niagara (PG-52)
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| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Hi-Esmaro |
| Owner | Mrs. Hiram Edward Manville |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Maine |
| Laid down | 14 November 1928 |
| Launched | 7 June 1929 |
| Acquired | 20 August 1929 (Delivered) |
| Fate | Purchased by the US Navy, 16 October 1940 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Niagara |
| Namesake | Fort Niagara |
| Builder | New York Navy Yard (Conversion) |
| Acquired | 16 October 1940 |
| Commissioned | 20 January 1941 |
| Reclassified |
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| Identification |
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| Fate | Lost to enemy air attack and then scuttled by a PT boat, 23 May 1943 |
| General characteristics (USS Niagara) | |
| Type | Motor torpedo boat tender |
| Displacement | 1,922 long tons (1,953 t) full |
| Length | 267 ft (81.4 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 4 in (10.8 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) at full load |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 139 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament | 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns |
The seventh USS Niagara (CMc-2/PG-52/AGP-1) was an auxiliary ship of the United States Navy during World War II.
Niagara was laid down on 14 November 1928 as the steel-hulled civilian yacht Hi-Esmaro by the Bath Iron Works, Maine, launched on 7 June 1929, and delivered on 20 August. She was purchased by the Navy on 16 October 1940 from Mrs. Hiram Edward Manville of New York City. Converted to a coastal minelayer at the New York Navy Yard, and designated CMc-2 on 31 October 1940, the ship was renamed Niagara, on 12 November 1940, and reclassified as a patrol gunboat, PG-52 on 15 November 1940. She commissioned at New York on 20 January 1941.