PGM-9-class motor gunboat

PGM-17
Class overview
Operators
  •  United States Navy
  •  Philippine Navy
Preceded byPGM-1 class
Succeeded byPGM-39 class
Built1943-1945
Planned24
Completed24
General characteristics
TypePatrol gunboat, motor (PGM)
Displacement450 tons
Length173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 1,440 brake horsepower (1,070 kW)
Propulsion2 screws
Speed20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
Complement65
Armament
  • 1 x 3"/50 dual purpose gun
  • 1 x twin 40 mm gun
  • 6 × 20 mm guns
  • 2 x .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns

The PGM-9-class motor gunboats were a class of 24 gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1944 to 1945, succeeding the PGM-1-class motor gunboats. All 24 PGM-9s were converted from PC-461-class submarine chasers while still under construction.[1] The PGM-9s were created to support PT boats in the Pacific, but were too slow to keep up, and were shifted to support minesweeping ships instead.

Citations

  1. ^ Friedman, pp. 68–69

Bibliography

  • Friedman, Norman (1987). U.S. Small Combatants, Including PT-boats, Subchasers, and the Brown-water Navy: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-713-5.
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PGM-9-class motor gunboats
  • PGM-9
  • PGM-10
  • PGM-11
  • PGM-12
  • PGM-13
  • PGM-14
  • PGM-15
  • PGM-16
  • PGM-17
  • PGM-18
  • PGM-19
  • PGM-20
  • PGM-21
  • PGM-22
  • PGM-23
  • PGM-24
  • PGM-25
  • PGM-26
  • PGM-27
  • PGM-28
  • PGM-29
  • PGM-30
  • PGM-31
  • PGM-32
  • Preceded by: PGM-1 class
  • Followed by: PGM-39 class
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