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PGM-66


PGM-66 was built for South Vietnam.
PGM-9 Class Motor Gunboat: Laid down in 1962 as PGM-66 by Marinette Marine, Manitowoc, WI; Delivered 15 October 1962; Transferred to South Vietnam in February 1963 as Minh Hoa (HQ 602). 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-66 78k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
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