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-40


PGM-40 was built for the Philippines.



Call sign:
Delta - Uniform - Xray - Xray
PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat: Laid down as PGM-40 by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA; Transferred to the Philippines in March 1960 as BRP Catanduanes (G 62) under the U.S. military assistance program; Transferred to the Coast Guard; Reclassified PG-62; Sold for scrap in June 2006.

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.

Click on thumbnail
for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
No image of PGM-40 is available at this time
There is no DANFS history available for PGM-40
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 Index Back To The Motor Gunboat / Patrol Gunboat Photo Index
Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2007 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2007 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.