Dubuque-class gunboat

In 1902, two gunboats, and were ordered from Gas Engine & Power Company & Charles L. Seabury Company of New York for survey and patrol duties in the Caribbean. They were long between perpendiculars and long overall, with an unusual high and rounded bow, fitted with a bowsprit. Beam was with a draft of . Displacement was . The hull was of composite construction, with steel above the waterline and wood below. Two Babcock & Wilcox boilers fed vertical triple-expansion steam engines rated at , driving two shafts and giving a speed of . Two tall and thin funnels were fitted. ==Ships==