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USS PGM-9 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during World War II.
 Sister ship USS PGM-17
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | PGM-9 |
| Builder | Consolidated Ship Building Corp. |
| Laid down | 19 December 1943 |
| Launched | 13 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 10 December 1945 |
| Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
| Identification | Ship International Radio Callsign: NITT |
| Fate | Scrapped 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | PGM-9-class motor gunboat |
| Displacement | 450 tons |
| Length | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 1,440 bhp (1,070 kW) General Motors 16-278A diesel engines |
| Speed | 20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph) |
| Complement | 65 |
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Ship history
editLaid down by Consolidated Ship Building Corp. on 19 December 1943, as PC-1548, she was launched on 13 February 1944. On 1 July 1944, she was commissioned into naval service. She underwent a conversion to a Motor Gunboat on 4 February 1944, and was renamed PGM-9, re-entering service shortly thereafter.
Ships fate
editOn 9 October 1945, at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in Typhoon Louise PGM-9 ran aground on Hira Sone Reef at 15:11. At 15:45, all personnel safely crossed to YF-744 which had grounded alongside.
Effectively put out of commission due to damage from running aground, she remained grounded on the reef and was decommissioned on 10 December 1945. PGM-9 was demolished 17 days later on 27 December 1945, and finally struck from the Naval Register on 3 January 1946.