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PGM-14



PGM-14 call sign:
November - Uniform - Delta - Papa

ex-PC-1090



PC-1090 call sign:
November - Foxtrot - Uniform - Delta


PGM-14 served the Navies of the United States, the Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China.
PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat: Laid down 12 April 1945 as PC-1090 by George Lawley & Son, Inc., Neponset, MA; Reclassified as a Motor Gunboat, PGM-14 prior to launching; Launched, 15 June 1945; Commissioned USS PGM-14, 16 August 1945; Transferred to the Republic of China, 30 June 1948; Defected to the People's Republic of China in January 1949. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 280 (lt) 450 (fl) t; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement 65; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, one twin 40mm gun mount, six 20mm guns, one twin .50 cal. machine gun, one 60mm mortar. Propulsion two 2,880bhp General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.

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