PGM-9-class motor gunboat
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Preceded by | PGM-1 class |
Succeeded by | PGM-39 class |
Built | 1943-1945 |
Planned | 24 |
Completed | 24 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol gunboat, motor (PGM) |
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) |
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Propulsion | 2 screws |
Speed | 20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph) |
Complement | 65 |
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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
- ^ 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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