USS PGM-9
{{short description|Gunboat of the United States Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=USS PGM-17-gunboat.jpg |Ship caption= Sister ship USS PGM-17 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag= {{USN flag}} |Ship name= PGM-9 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= Consolidated Ship Building Corp. |Ship laid down= 19 December 1943 |Ship launched= 13 February 1944 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 1 July 1944 |Ship decommissioned= 10 December 1945 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= 3 January 1946 |Ship reinstated= |Ship Honors= |Ship fate= Scrapped 27 December 1945 |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=Ship International Radio Callsign: NITT |Ship notes= |Ship Nickname= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= {{sclass|PGM-9|motor gunboat}} |Ship displacement= 450 tons |Ship length= {{Convert|173|ft|8|in|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship draft= {{convert|10|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= 2 x {{convert|1,440|bhp|kW|abbr=on}} General Motors 16-278A diesel engines |Ship speed= {{convert|20.2|kn}} |Ship range= |Ship complement= 65 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*1 x 3"/50 dual purpose gun
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USS PGM-9 was a {{sclass|PGM-9|motor gunboat|1}} 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 {{USS|YF-744||2}} 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
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External links
- [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/11009.htm NavSource-USS PGM-09]
- [http://www.ww2pcsa.org/patrol-gunboat-motor.html Patrol Craft Association-PGM's]
- [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8796.html U-Boat.net, USS PC-1548]
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Category:Ships of the United States Navy
Category:Gunboats of the United States Navy