USS PGM-2
USS PGM-2 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as an SC-497 class submarine chaser on 16 July 1942 by the Robinson Marine in Benton Harbor, Michigan and launched on 17 June 1943. She was commissioned as USS SC-757 on 12 August 1943. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-2 on 10 December 1943. After the war she was sold and transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission at Subic Bay, Philippines on 20 May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown.
USS PGM-2 | |
History | |
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United States of America | |
Builder: | Robinson Marine, Benton Harbor, Michigan |
Laid down: | 16 July 1942 |
Launched: | 17 June 1943 |
Commissioned: | 12 August 1943 |
Renamed: | 10 December 1943 |
Reclassified: | 10 December 1943 |
Stricken: | June 1946 |
Fate: | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | PGM-1/SC-497 |
Displacement: | 95 tons |
Length: | 110 ft 10 in (33.78 m) |
Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Draft: | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) |
Complement: | 28 |
Armament: |
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See also
- Other ships built by Robinson Marine in Benton Harbor, Michigan:
References
- Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: PGM-2
- USS SC-757 (SC-757)
- USS SC-757, 1943-1947. Later PGM-2
- see PGM-3 for service details
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