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PGM-15



Call sign:
November - Uniform - Delta - Victor

ex-PC-1091



PC-1091 call sign:
November - Foxtrot - Whiskey - Mike


PGM-15 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 15 June 1945 as PC-1091 by George Lawley & Son, Inc., Neponset, MA; Reclassified as a Motor Gunboat,
PGM-15 prior to launching; Launched, 31 July 1945; Commissioned USS PGM-15, 11 October 1945; Transferred to the Republic of China, 30 June 1948; Defected to the People's Republic of China in January 1949 and named Kan Tang. 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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PGM-15 164k Plaque on board PGM-15
National Archives photo RG-19-LCM, Box 517		 Dan Treadwell
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