USS PGM-32

Sister ship, PGM-17
History
United States
Name	PGM-32
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down	14 August 1944
Launched	14 October 1944
Commissioned	9 February 1945
In service	1945
Out of service	1947
Identification	PGM-32
Fate	Sold, October 1947
General characteristics
Type	PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat
Displacement	280 tons(light) 450 tons(full)
Length	173 feet, 8 inches
Beam	23 feet
Draft	10 feet, 10 inches
Propulsion	Two 1,280bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler RB-99 DA diesel engines
Speed	19 knots
Complement	65 Officers and Enlisted
Armament	1 × 3"/50 dual purpose gun 1 x twin 40 mm gun 6 × 20 mm guns 4 x twin .50 cal (12.7 mm) heavy machine guns
Aircraft carried	none
Aviation facilities	none
Notes	[1]

USS PGM-32 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during the end of World War II, and briefly post-war.

History

PGM-32 was laid down on 14 August 1944, as PC-1568 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. Two days later on 16 August, she was reclassified as Motor Gunboat, and renamed PGM-32. On 14 October 1944, she was launched, and was commissioned on 9 February 1945.[2]

On 2 September 1945, PGM-32 was present in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri.[2]

In 1946, she participated in Operation Crossroads, the U.S. nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll. PGM-32 would survive the blasts.

Ship's fate

PGM-32 was transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission on 27 October 1947 and subsequently sold. Her fate is unknown.

References

1. "HyperWar: USS PGM-32". Ibiblio.org. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
2. "PGM-32". Navsource.org. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

External links

• NavSource- U.S.S. PGM-32
• Hyperwar, PGM-32