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USS PGM-12, 1945-1948. Originally PC-1088

USS PGM-12, begun as the 173-foot submarine chaser PC-1088, was reclassified as a motor gunboat and renamed PGM-12 prior to launching. Commissioned in April 1945, she served in Japanese waters soon after the end of World War II, supporting the occupation forces and taking part in minesweeping operations in the Tsushima Straits during late 1945 and early 1946. PGM-12 was transferred to the Republic of China in June 1948 and later became part of the navy of the People's Republic of China, in whose service she apparently remained into the 1970s.

This page features our only views of USS PGM-12.

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Photo #: 80-G-318432 USS PGM-12 Underway in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 28 April 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.
Photo #: NH 96498 USS PGM-12 Underway in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 28 April 1945. She had been converted from USS PC-1088. Photographed by Naval Air Station, Squantum, Mass. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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