USS PGM-1 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II.

USS PGM-2, a similar PGM-1 class motor gunboat
History
United States
NamePGM-1
Laid down29 November 1941
Launched27 June 1942
Commissioned16 October 1942
Renamed10 December 1943
Reclassified10 December 1943
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Displacement95 tons
Length110 feet 10 inches
Beam23
Height10 feet 10 inches
Propulsion
  • 2 × 1,540bhp Electro-Motive Corp. 16-184A diesel engines
  • 2 × shafts
Speed21 knots
Complement28
Armament

History

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She was originally laid down as an SC-497 class submarine chaser on 29 November 1941, by the Peterson Boat Works in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and launched on 27 June 1942. She was commissioned as SC-644 on 16 October 1942.

She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-1 on 10 December 1943. PGM-1 received one battle star for action in the Northern Solomon Islands on 15 June 1944.

After the war she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission on 20 May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown.

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