USS PGM-9

Sister ship USS PGM-17
History
United States
Name: USS PGM-9
Builder: Consolidated Ship Building Corp.
Laid down: 19 December 1943
Launched: 13 February 1944
Commissioned: 1 July 1944
Decommissioned: 10 December 1945
Struck: 3 January 1946
Identification: Ship International Radio Callsign: NITT
Fate: Scrapped 1945
General characteristics
Class & type: PGM-9-class motor gunboat
Displacement: 450 tons
Length: 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam: 23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft: 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion: 2 x 1,440 bhp (1,070 kW) General Motors 16-278A diesel engines
Speed: 20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
Complement: 65
Armament:

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1 x 3"/50 dual purpose gun

  • 1 x 40 mm Bofors
  • 6 x 20 mm guns
  • 2 x .50 cal. machine guns
  • 1 x rocket launcher

USS PGM-09 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during World War II.

Ship history

Laid down by Consolidated Ship Building Corp. on 19 December 1943 as PC-1548, she was launched on 13 February 1944. On 1 July 1944, she was commissioned into naval service. She underwent a conversion to a Motor Gunboat on 4 February 1944, and was renamed PGM-9, re-entering service shortly thereafter.

Ships fate

On 9 October 1945, at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in Typhoon Louise PGM-9 ran aground on Hira Sone Reef at 1511 hours. At 1545, all personnel safely crossed to USS YF-744 which had grounded alongside.

Effectively put out of commission due to damage from both and running aground, she remained grounded on the reef and was decommissioned on 10 December 1945. PGM-9 was demolished 17 days later on 27 December 1945 and finally struck from the Naval Register on 3 January 1946.

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