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PGM-43


PGM-43 was built for Burma.
PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat: Laid down in 1959 as PGM-43 by the Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI; Transferred to Burma as PGM-401, 22 December 1959 under the Military Assistance Program. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 141 t.; Length 101'; Beam 21'; Draft 7.5'; Speed 17 kts.; Complement 17; Armament one 40mm mount, two twin 20mm mounts and two 12.7mm machine guns; Propulsion eight 1,040bhp diesel engines, two shafts.

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PGM-43 57k c. 1962
Burmese Navy photo		 Robert Hurst
There is no DANFS history available for PGM-43
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