USS PGM-11

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History
United States
NamePGM-11
BuilderCommercial Iron Works
Laid down27 September 1943
Launched30 October 1943
Commissioned13 December 1944
IdentificationPGM-11
FateTransferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in October 1948
General characteristics
TypePGM-9-class motor gunboat
Displacement
  • 280 tons (light)
  • 450 tons (full)
Length173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion2 x 1,280 bhp (950 kW) Hooven-Owen-Rentschler RB-99 DA diesel engines
Speed19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement65
Armament

USS PGM-11 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during World War II.

Ship history

The ship was ordered on 27 February 1942, and

Okinawa
. She was later refloated and repaired.

On 6 April 1945, PGM-11 assisted in the evacuation of the stricken converted minesweeper USS Emmons during an attack by the Japanese off Okinawa.[2]

She was transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in October 1948. Her fate is unknown.

References

  1. ^ "PGM-11".
  2. ^ "USS Emmons (DMS-22) at Okinawa".

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