Summary
USS PGM-32 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during the end of World War II, and briefly post-war.
 Sister ship, PGM-17
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | PGM-32 |
| Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. |
| Laid down | 14 August 1944 |
| Launched | 14 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 9 February 1945 |
| In service | 1945 |
| Out of service | 1947 |
| Identification | PGM-32 |
| Fate | Sold, October 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat |
| Displacement | 280 tons(light) 450 tons(full) |
| Length | 173 feet, 8 inches |
| Beam | 23 feet |
| Draft | 10 feet, 10 inches |
| Propulsion | Two 1,280bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler RB-99 DA diesel engines |
| Speed | 19 knots |
| Complement | 65 Officers and Enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | none |
| Aviation facilities | none |
| Notes | [1] |
History edit
PGM-32 was laid down on 14 August 1944, as PC-1568 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. Two days later on 16 August, she was reclassified as Motor Gunboat, and renamed PGM-32. On 14 October 1944, she was launched, and was commissioned on 9 February 1945.[2]
On 2 September 1945, PGM-32 was present in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri.[2]
In 1946, she participated in Operation Crossroads, the U.S. nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll. PGM-32 would survive the blasts.
Ship's fate edit
PGM-32 was transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission on 27 October 1947 and subsequently sold. Her fate is unknown.
References edit
- ^ "HyperWar: USS PGM-32". Ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
External links edit
- NavSource- U.S.S. PGM-32
- Hyperwar, PGM-32