Allied Warships

USS PGM-17 (PGM-17)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPGM-17 
ModPatrol gunboat 
Built byGibbs Gas Engine Co. (Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.) 
Ordered27 Feb 1942 
Laid down10 Aug 1943 
Launched14 Apr 1944 
Commissioned24 Nov 1944 
End service2 Jul 1945 
History

Badly damaged by grounding off Kouri Island, Okinawa in position 26.42N, 128.01E on 4 May 1945
Salvaged but beyond repair and decommissioned on 2 July 1945
Hull sunk in October 1945

 
Former namePC-1189

Commands listed for USS PGM-17 (PGM-17)

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CommanderFromTo
1James W Belshaw, USNR24 Nov 1944Late 1944
2Edwin L Williams, Jr., USNRLate 194425 May 1945
3Andrew Edington, USNR25 May 19452 Jul 1945

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