USS PGM-9

Sister ship USS PGM-17
History
United States
Name	PGM-9
Builder	Consolidated Ship Building Corp.
Laid down	19 December 1943
Launched	13 February 1944
Commissioned	1 July 1944
Decommissioned	10 December 1945
Stricken	3 January 1946
Identification	Ship International Radio Callsign: NITT
Fate	Scrapped 27 December 1945
General characteristics
Class and 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	1 x 3"/50 dual purpose gun 1 x 40 mm gun 6 × 20 mm guns 2 x .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 x rocket launcher

USS PGM-9 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 15:11. At 15:45, all personnel safely crossed to YF-744 which had grounded alongside.

Effectively put out of commission due to damage from 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.

References

External links

• NavSource-USS PGM-09
• Patrol Craft Association-PGM's
• U-Boat.net, USS PC-1548