USS PGM-6

Summary

USS PGM-6 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as a SC-497 class submarine chaser on 6 February 1943 by the Mathis Yacht Building Company in Camden, New Jersey and launched on 20 May 1943. She was commissioned as USS SC-1071 on 8 June 1943. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-6 on 10 December 1943. During the war she took part in the Pacific Theater. After the war she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission on 7 May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown.

USS PGM-6 after her conversion
History
United States
Laid down6 February 1943
Launched20 May 1943
Commissioned8 June 1943
Renamed10 December 1943
Reclassified10 December 1943
StrickenFebruary 1946
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Displacement95 tons
Length110 feet 10 inches
Beam23
Height10 feet 10 inches
Propulsion
  • 2 × 1,540bhp Electro-Motive Corp. 16-184A diesel engines
  • 2 × shafts
Speed21 knots
Complement28
Armament

References edit

  • Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: PGM-6
  • USS SC-1071 (SC-1071)
  • see PGM-3 for service details