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PGM-122


PGM-122 was built for Iran
PGM-71 Class Motor Gunboat:

  • Built as PGM-122 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI
  • Delivered 19 August 1970, transferred to Iran and named IIN Nahid (PGM 213)
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 130 t.
  • Length 101'
  • Beam 22'
  • Draft 6' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 16
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, one 20mm mount and three 12.7mm machine guns
  • Propulsion: Eight 250bhp General Motors 6-71 diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PGM-122
    PGM-122 152k Seen here at half speed (8 knots) during trials 16 July 1970
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 72424    		 Mike Green
    PGM-122 219k Backing down during trials 16 July 1970
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 72425
    PGM-122 204k Shown here at full speed (15 knots) during trials 16 July 1970
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 72426
    PGM-122 196k Shown here being completed 20 July 1970
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 72427
    IIN Nahid (PGM 213)
    PGM-122 90k Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for PGM-122
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