USS PGM-11
{{short description|Gunboat of the United States Navy}}
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USS PGM-11 was a {{sclass|PGM-9|motor gunboat|1}} in service with the United States Navy during World War II.
Ship history
The ship was ordered on 27 February 1942, and laid down on 27 September 1943, as PC-806 by the Commercial Iron Works in Portland, Oregon. Launched on 30 October 1943, she was reclassified as PGM-11 in August 1944. She was commissioned into naval service on 13 December 1944, with Lieutenant E. H. George, USNR, in command.{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/11011.htm|title=PGM-11}} She was active in the Pacific theater, primarily accompanying minesweepers in and around the Philippines. On 14 April 1945, she was damaged when she ran aground off of Kerama Retto, southwest of Okinawa. She was later refloated and repaired.{{fact|date=October 2024}}
On 6 April 1945, PGM-11 assisted in the evacuation of the stricken converted minesweeper {{USS|Emmons}} during an attack by the Japanese off Okinawa.{{Cite web|url=http://destroyerhistory.org/benson-gleavesclass/ussemmons/index.asp?r=45702&pid=45706|title=USS Emmons (DMS-22) at Okinawa}}
She was transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in October 1948.{{fact|date=October 2024}} Her fate is unknown.
References
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External links
- [http://destroyerhistory.org/benson-gleavesclass/ussemmons/index.asp?r=45702&pid=45706- Action Report, USS Emmons, 1945]
- [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9320.html- U-boat.net- USS PGM-11]
- [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/11011.html-NavSource Archives PGM-11]
{{PGM-9 class gunboat|state=closed}}
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Category:Ships built in Portland, Oregon