| USS PGM-8 | |
|---|---|
 USS PGM-2, a similar PGM-1 class motor gunboat | |
| Career (United States of America) |  |
| Laid down: | 2 November 1942 |
| Launched: | 1 May 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 12 August 1943 |
| Renamed: | 10 December 1943 |
| Reclassified: | 10 December 1943 |
| Fate: | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 95 tons |
| Length: | 110 feet 10 inches |
| Beam: | 23 |
| Height: | 10 feet 10 inches |
| Propulsion: |
2 x 1,540bhp Electro-Motive Corp. 16-184A diesel engines 2 x shafts |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Complement: | 28 |
| Armament: |
1 x 3"/23 gun mount 1 x 40mm gun mounts 6 x 20mm guns 4 x twin .50 machine gun 1 x 60mm mortar |
USS PGM-8 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 2 November 1942 by the Wilmington Boat Works, Inc. in Wilmington, California and launched on 1 May 1943. She was commissioned as USS SC-1366 on 12 August 1943. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-8 on 10 December 1943. After the war she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission in May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown.
References[]
- Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: PGM-8
- USS SC-1366 (SC-1366)
- see PGM-3 for service details
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