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PGM-39


PGM-39 was built for the Philippines.



Call sign:
Delta - Uniform - Xray - Juliet
PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat: Laid down as PGM-39 by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA; Transferred to the Philippines in March 1960 as BRP Agusan (G 61) under the U.S. military assistance program; Transferred to the Coast Guard; Reclassified PG-61; Sold for scrap 7 November 2007.

Specifications: Displacement 125.9 t; Length 100' 4"; Beam 18' 6"; Draft 6' 9"; Speed; 17 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament two 20-mm and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two 2,200hp Mercedes Benz 12V493 TY57 diesel engines, two shafts.

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G-63 257k c. October 2007
Cavite City, Philippines
Romblon (PG 63), ex-PGM-41inboard of Agusan. In the background is Datu Marikudo (PS 23), ex-Van Kiep (HQ 14),
ex-Amherst (PCE[R] 853)		 Edison Sy
G-63 187k c. October 2007
Cavite City, Philippines
Romblon (PG 63) inboard of Agusan.		 Edison Sy
G-63 267k c. October 2007
Cavite City, Philippines
Romblon (PG 63) inboard of Agusan.		 Edison Sy
There is no DANFS history available for PGM-39
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