• Source: PGM-1-class motor gunboat

The PGM-1-class motor gunboats were a class of eight gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1943 to 1944 and were succeeded by the PGM-9-class motor gunboats. All eight PGM-1s were converted from SC-497-class submarine chasers. The PGM-1s were created to support PT boats in the Pacific, but were too slow to keep up. The PGM-1s were discontinued and the PGM-9s, also too slow, were shifted to support minesweeping ships instead.
PGM-7 was the only PGM-1-class vessel lost in World War II. The others were sent to the Foreign Liquidation Commission in 1947. Their exact fate is unknown.




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• PGM-1-class motor gunboat
• PGM-9-class motor gunboat
• PGM-39-class gunboat
• Asheville-class gunboat
• USS PGM-1
• USS PGM-32
• USS PGM-9
• USS PGM-11
• SC-497-class submarine chaser
• USS PGM-17