USS PGM-6 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as a SC-497 class submarine chaser on 6 February 1943 by the Mathis Yacht Building Company in Camden, New Jersey and launched on 20 May 1943. She was commissioned as USS SC-1071 on 8 June 1943. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-6 on 10 December 1943. During the war she took part in the Pacific Theater. After the war she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission on 7 May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown.
 USS PGM-6 after her conversion
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Laid down | 6 February 1943 |
| Launched | 20 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 8 June 1943 |
| Renamed | 10 December 1943 |
| Reclassified | 10 December 1943 |
| Stricken | February 1946 |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 95 tons |
| Length | 110 feet 10 inches |
| Beam | 23 |
| Height | 10 feet 10 inches |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots |
| Complement | 28 |
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References
edit- Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: PGM-6
- USS SC-1071 (SC-1071)
- see PGM-3 for service details
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