- Source: PGM-9-class motor gunboat
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.
Citations
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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- PGM-9-class motor gunboat
- PGM-1-class motor gunboat
- PGM-39-class gunboat
- Asheville-class gunboat
- USS PGM-9
- PC-461-class submarine chaser
- Class 9
- USS PGM-17
- USS PGM-11
- USS PGM-32
