PGM-1-class motor gunboat

PGM-2 after her conversion
Class overview
Succeeded by: PGM-9 class motor gunboat
Built: 1942-1943
Planned: 8
Completed: 8
Lost: 1
General characteristics
Type: Patrol gunboat, motor (PGM)
Displacement: 95 tons
Length: 110 feet 10 inches
Beam: 23 feet
Draft: 10 feet 10 inches
Propulsion:
  • 2 × 1,540bhp Electro-Motive Corp. 16-184A diesel engines
  • 2 × shafts
Speed: 21 knots
Armament: Varies

The PGM-1 class motor gunboats were a class of eight gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1943-1944 and were succeeded by the PGM-9 class motor gunboat. All eight PGM-1s were converted from SC-497 class submarine chasers. The PGM-1s were created to support PT boats in the Pacific, but were too slow to keep up. The PGM-1 was discontinued and the PGM-9, also too slow, was shifted to support minesweeping ships instead.

PGM-7 was the only PGM-1 lost in World War II. The others were sent to the Foreign Liquidation Commission in 1947. Their exact fate is unknown.

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