Allied Warships

USS PGM-27 (PGM-27)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPGM-27 
ModPatrol gunboat 
Built byConsolidated Shipbuilding Corp. (Morris Heights, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered24 Jul 1943 
Laid down6 Jun 1944 
Launched28 Oct 1944 
Commissioned19 Mar 1945 
End service 
History

Grounded at Buckner Bay, Okinawa during a Typhoon on 9 October 1945
Wreck stripped and blown up on 24 December 1945

 
Former namePC-1558

Commands listed for USS PGM-27 (PGM-27)

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1P Rinde-Thorsen, USNR19 Mar 1945Late 1945

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