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-22
ex-PC-1553



PC-1552 call sign:
Nan - Item - Uncle - How


PGM-22 served the Navies of the United States and Greece.
PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat: Laid down 7 May 1944 as Submarine Chaser, PC-1553 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., New York, NY; Reclassified as a Motor Gunboat, PGM-22; Launched, 25 June 1944; Commissioned PGM-22, 23 December 1944; Sold 24 November 1974 to Pounds Marine Shipping, Ltd. of Hampshire, England for $37,111.00; Sold to Greece as Plotarkhs Meletopoulos (P 57); Scrapped in Greece.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t. (lt), 450 t. (fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 20.2 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one twin 40-mm, six 20mm guns, four twin .50 cal. machine gun; 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
No image of PGM-22 is available at this time
There is no DANFS history available for PGM-22
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
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.