PGM-9-class motor gunboat

PGM-17
Class overview
Operators	United States Navy Philippine Navy
Preceded by	PGM-1 class
Succeeded by	PGM-39 class
Built	1943-1945
Planned	24
Completed	24
General characteristics
Type	Patrol gunboat, motor (PGM)
Displacement	450 tons
Length	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Installed power	2 × diesel engines 1,440 brake horsepower (1,070 kW)
Propulsion	2 screws
Speed	20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
Complement	65
Armament	1 × 3"/50 dual-purpose gun 1 × twin 40 mm gun 6 × 20 mm guns 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns

The PGM-9-class motor gunboats were a class of 24 gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1944 to 1945, succeeding the PGM-1-class motor gunboats. All 24 PGM-9s were converted from PC-461-class submarine chasers while still under construction. The PGM-9s were created to support PT boats in the Pacific, but were too slow to keep up, and were shifted to support minesweeping ships instead.

Bibliography

• Friedman, Norman (1987). U.S. Small Combatants, Including PT-boats, Subchasers, and the Brown-water Navy: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-713-5.