USS PGM-2

Summary

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
BuilderRobinson Marine, Benton Harbor, Michigan
Laid down16 July 1942
Launched17 June 1943
Commissioned12 August 1943
Renamed10 December 1943
Reclassified10 December 1943
StrickenJune 1946
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Class and typePGM-1/SC-497
Displacement95 tons
Length110 ft 10 in (33.78 m)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Electro-Motive Corporation 16‑184A diesel engines, 1,540 bhp (1,148 kW)
  • 2 × shafts
Speed21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Complement28
Armament

See also edit

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

References edit

  • Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: PGM-2
  • USS SC-757 (SC-757)
  • USS SC-757, 1943-1947. Later PGM-2
  • see PGM-3 for service details