USS PGM-5

USS PGM-5 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 14 May 1942 by the Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, California and launched on 2 November 1942. She was commissioned as USS SC-1056 on 15 June 1943. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-5 on 10 December 1943. After the war she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission on 7 May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown.

USS PGM-5 after her conversion
History
United States
Builder	Wilmington Boat Works
Laid down	14 May 1942
Launched	2 November 1942
Commissioned	15 June 1943
Renamed	10 December 1943
Reclassified	10 December 1943
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Displacement	95 tons
Length	110 feet 10 inches
Beam	23
Height	10 feet 10 inches
Propulsion	2 × 1,540bhp Electro-Motive Corp. 16-184A diesel engines 2 × shafts
Speed	21 knots
Complement	28
Armament	2 x 40 mm guns 4 .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun 1 × 60mm mortar

References

• Photo gallery of USS PGM-5 at NavSource Naval History
• USS SC-1056 (SC-1056)
• see PGM-3 for service details