USS PGM-2

USS PGM-2 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as an SC-497 class submarine chaser on 16 July 1942 by the Robinson Marine in Benton Harbor, Michigan and launched on 17 June 1943. She was commissioned as USS SC-757 on 12 August 1943. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-2 on 10 December 1943. After the war she was sold and transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission at Subic Bay, Philippines on 20 May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown.

USS PGM-2
History
United States of America
Builder: Robinson Marine, Benton Harbor, Michigan
Laid down: 16 July 1942
Launched: 17 June 1943
Commissioned: 12 August 1943
Renamed: 10 December 1943
Reclassified: 10 December 1943
Stricken: June 1946
Fate: Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type: PGM-1/SC-497
Displacement: 95 tons
Length: 110 ft 10 in (33.78 m)
Beam: 23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft: 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × Electro-Motive Corporation 16‑184A diesel engines, 1,540 bhp (1,148 kW)
  • 2 × shafts
Speed: 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Complement: 28
Armament:

See also
  • Other ships built by Robinson Marine in Benton Harbor, Michigan:

References


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