USS PGM-2

USS PGM-2 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as an SC-497 class submarine chaser on 16 July 1942 by the Robinson Marine in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and launched on 17 June 1943. She was commissioned as USS SC-757 on 12 August 1943. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-2 on 10 December 1943. After the war, she was sold and transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission at Subic Bay, Philippines on 20 May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown.

USS PGM-2
History
United States
Builder	Robinson Marine, Benton Harbor, Michigan
Laid down	16 July 1942
Launched	17 June 1943
Commissioned	12 August 1943
Renamed	10 December 1943
Reclassified	10 December 1943
Stricken	June 1946
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	PGM-1/SC-497
Displacement	95 tons
Length	110 ft 10 in (33.78 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion	2 × Electro-Motive Corporation 16‑184A diesel engines, 1,540 bhp (1,148 kW) 2 × shafts
Speed	21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Complement	28
Armament	1 × 3"/23 dual purpose gun mount 1 × 40 mm guns 8 × twin .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns

See also

• Other ships built by Robinson Marine in Benton Harbor, Michigan:

• USC&GS Hilgard (ASV 82)
• USC&GS Wainwright (ASV 83)

References

• Photo gallery of USS PGM-2 at NavSource Naval History
• USS SC-757 (SC-757)
• USS SC-757, 1943-1947. Later PGM-2
• see PGM-3 for service details