PGM-9-class motor gunboat

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USS PGM-17
Class overview
Operators
Preceded byPGM-1 class
Succeeded byPGM-39 class
Built1943-1945
Planned24
Completed24
General characteristics
TypePatrol gunboat, motor (PGM)
Displacement450 tons
Length173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion2 x 1,440 bhp (1,070 kW) General Motors 16-278A diesel engines
Speed20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
Complement65
Armament

The PGM-9-class motor gunboats were a class of 24 gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1944-1945, succeeding the Template:Sclass-s. All 24 PGM-9s were converted from Template:Sclass-s while still under construction. The PGM-9s were created to support PT boats in the Pacific, but were too slow to keep up, and were shifted to support minesweeping ships instead.