USS PGM-1

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
Name	PGM-1
Laid down	29 November 1941
Launched	27 June 1942
Commissioned	16 October 1942
Renamed	10 December 1943
Reclassified	10 December 1943
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Displacement	95 tons
Length	110 feet 10 inches
Beam	23
Height	10 feet 10 inches
Propulsion	2 × 1,540bhp Electro-Motive Corp. 16-184A diesel engines 2 × shafts
Speed	21 knots
Complement	28
Armament	1 × 3"/50 dual purpose guns 2 x 40 mm guns 6 × 20 mm guns 1 × twin .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun 1 × 60mm mortar

History

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.

References

• Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: PGM-1
• USS SC-644 (SC-644)
• see PGM-3 for service details