USS ''PGM-5'' was a ''PGM-1'' class motor gunboat that served in the

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during

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. She was originally laid down as an ''SC-497'' class submarine chaser on 14 May 1942 by the

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in Wilmington,

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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.

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Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: PGM-5
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