USS PGM-9

USS PGM-09 was a PGM-9 class Motor Gunboat in service with the United States Navy during World War II.

Ship history
Laid down by Consolidated Ship Building Corp. on 19 December 1943 as PC-1548, she was launched on 13 February 1944. On 1 July 1944, she was commissioned into naval service. She underwent a conversion to a Motor Gunboat on 4 February 1944, and was renamed PGM-9, re-entering service shortly thereafter.

Ships fate
On 9 October 1945, at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, PGM-9 ran aground on Hira Sone Reef at 1511 hours. At 1545, all personnel safely evacuated to USS YF-744. Effectively put out of commission due to damage from both Typhoon Louise and running aground, she was decommissioned on 10 December 1945, and demolished 17 days later on 27 December 1945. She was struck from the Naval Register on 3 January 1946.