Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online:
Motor Gunboat / Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive

PGM-16



PGM-16 call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Fox - Dog

ex-PC-1148



PC-1148 call sign:
Nan - George - Yoke - Dog


PGM-16 served the Navies of the United States and Greece.
PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat: Laid down 25 October 1943 as Submarine Chaser, PC-1148 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, MI; Reclassified as a Motor Gunboat, PGM-16 prior to launching; Launched, 19 December 1943; Commissioned USS PGM-16, 25 October 1944; Sold 24 November 1974 to Pounds Marine Shipping, Ltd. of Hampshire, England for $37,111.00; Sold to Greece as Anthiploiarhs Laskos (P 33); Scrapped.

Specifications: Displacement 280 (lt) 450 (fl) t; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 20.2 kts.; 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.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
PGM-16 50k c. 1951
Anthiploiarhs Laskos (P 33)		 Robert Hurst
There is no DANFS history available for PGM-16
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Submarine Chaser (PC) Photo Index Back to the Motor Gunboat (PGM) Photo Index
Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2006 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2006 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.