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PGM-62


PGM-62 was built for South Vietnam.

PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat: Laid down as PGM-62 by Martinac Shipbuilding, Tacoma, WA; Delivered 1 May 1963; Transferred to South Vietnam as Hao Lu (HQ 608). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 122 t; Length 100' 4"; Beam 21' 1"; Draft 8' 6"; Speed; 17 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 40mm mount, two 20mm mounts and one 81mm mortar; Propulsion two 2,200hp Mercedes Benz 12V493 TY57 diesel engines, two shaft.


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PGM-62 119k . Lawrence C. Brooks, II

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