Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

Patrol Craft

Other Resources:

PG -- Gunboats

Click on "PG-##" for link to page with specifications, history, photographs (where available).

See also PF -- new classification established in 1945 which included many PGs.

Displacement: 990-2000 tons
Length: 200'5"-328'6"
Beam: 35'-41'3"
Draft: 12'1"-14'1-"
Speed: 11-20 knots
Armament: 4 6"/47, 1 5"/38, 2 4"/50, 1 3"/23; or 1-2 4"/50, 1-4 3"/50
Complement: 180-292
Turbines or reciprocating engine

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PG-21 Asheville 1920 3 Mar 42; surface action S. of Java

PG-51 Charleston 1936

PG-17 Dubuque 1942 Converted from Unclassified Vessel IX-9 (ex-Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-6, ex-Gunboat (1902)

PG-50 Erie 1936 12 Nov 42; torpedoed by U-163 off Curacao

PG-18 Paducah 1905
1942 Training vessel
Converted from Unclassified Vessel IX-23 (ex-Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-7 (1902))

PG-19 Sacramento 1914

PG-22 Tulsa
Tacloban 1923
Renamed 27 Nov 44

Converted Yachts

Displacement: 1400-5300 tons
Length: 230'6"-386'7"
Beam: 42'-57'
Draft: 14'6"-18'6"
Speed: 12-20 knots
Armament: 1 5"/51 or 1-3 3"/50
Complement: 93-649
Turbines or reciprocating engines

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PG-60 Beaumont 1942

PG-61 Dauntless 1942

PG-58 Hilo 1942 Converted to Motor Torpedo Boat Tender AGP-2

PG-55 Jamestown 1941
1943
Converted to Motor Torpedo Boat Tender AGP-3

PG-52 Niagara 1941
1943
Converted to Motor Torpedo Boat Tender AGP-1

PG-72 Nourmahal 1941 German-built 263-footer launched at Kiel in 1928
Transferred to Coast Guard WPG-122

PG-57 Plymouth 1942 5 Aug 43; torpedoed off Cape Henry

PG-54 St. Augustine 1940 6 Jan 44; collision off Cape May

PG-59 San Bernardino 1942

PG-53 Vixen 1941

PG-56 Williamsburg 1941

Temptress (Corvette) Class

British and Canadian built Flower Class corvettes.

Displacement: 900-925 tons
Length: 205'-205'2"
Beam: 33'
Draft: 14'7"
Speed: 16.5 knots
Armament: 1 4"/50, 1 3"/50; or 2 3"/50
Complement: 87-90
Reciprocating engine

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PG-86 Action 1942

PG-87 Alacrity 1942

PG-89 Brisk 1942

PG-70 Courage 1942 Former HMS Heartsease

PG-69 Fury 1942 Former HMS Larkspur

PG-92 Haste 1943

PG-68 Impulse 1942 Former HMS Begonia

PG-93 Intensity 1943

PG-94 Might 1942

PG-95 Pert 1943

PG-96 Prudent 1943

PG-67 Ready 1942 Former HMS Calendula

PG-66 Restless 1942 Former HMS Periwinkle

PG-65 Saucy 1942 Former HMS Arabis

PG-64 Spry 1942 Former HMS Hibiscus

PG-63 Surprise 1942 Former HMS Heliotrope

PG-62 Temptress 1942 Former HMS Veronica

PG-71 Tenacity 1942 Former HMS Candytuft

PF -- Frigates

Served as PG 101-102, 111-179, 201-202, and 207-210 until PF classification was establish in 1945. Gunboat versions of the DE, Frigates were built on a mass-production basis for the same type of general service. Armament is approximately the same, except for the total absence of torpedo tubes.

Ashville Class:

Acquired from the British, these sisters of the Canadian-built River class became the 1st American frigates.

Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 301'6"
Beam: 36'6"
Draft: 11'6"
Speed: 19.5 knots
Armament: 3 3"/50 DP, 2x2 40mm, 4 20mm, 2 DC tracks; 8 single DC projectors, 1 multiple projector
Complement: 176 (Coast Guard crews)
Reciprocating engines, twin screws, 5,500 h.p.
Except as noted, Maritime Commission S2-S2-AQ1 type

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PF-1 Asheville 1942

PF-2 Natchez 1942 Canadian-built RN "River" Class

Tacoma Class:

"(List 2)" vessels classified as Weather Ships.

Displacement: 1430 tons
Length: 304'
Beam: 37'6"
Draft: 15'
Speed: 20.5 knots
Armament: 3 3"/50 DP, 2x2 40mm, 40 (List 1) or 9 ((List 2)) 20mm, 2 DC tracks; 8 single DC projectors, 1 multiple projector
Complement: 200 (Coast Guard crews)
Reciprocating engines, twin screws, 5,500 h.p.
Except as noted, Maritime Commission S2-S2-AQ1 type

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PF-58 Abilene 1944 (List 2)
Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-7 Albuquerque 1943

PF-18 Alexandria 1945 (List 2)
Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-52 Allentown 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-15 Annapolis 1944

PF-16 Bangor 1944

PF-55 Bath 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-21 Bayonne 1945 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-59 Beaufort 1944 (List 2)

PF-35 Belfast 1943 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-46 Bisbee 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-10 Brownsville 1944

PF-68 Brunswick 1944

PF-51 Burlington 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-50 Carson City 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-12 Casper 1944

PF-60 Charlotte 1944 (List 2)

PF-25 Charlottesville 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-38 Coronado 1943 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-44 Corpus Christi 1944

PF-56 Covington 1944 (List 2)

PF-69 Davenport 1945

PF-33 Dearborn 1944 (List 2)

PF-41 El Paso 1943

PF-28 Emporia 1944 (List 2)

PF-40 Eugene 1944

PF-70 Evansville 1944

PF-8 Everett 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-102 Forsyth 1945 (List 2)

PF-47 Gallup 1944
1945
Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-62 Gladwyne 1944

PF-36 Glendale 1943
1945
Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-22 Gloucester 1943 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-11 Grand Forks 1944

PF-14 Grand Island 1944

PF-31 Grand Rapids 1944 (List 2)

PF-101 Greensboro 1945 (List 2)

PF-29 Groton 1944 (List 2)

PF-20 Gulfport 1944

PF-30 Hingham 1944 (List 2)

PF-5 Hoquiam 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-19 Huron 1944

PF-45 Hutchinson 1944

PF-17 Key West 1944

PF-64 Knoxville 1944

PF-34 Long Beach 1943 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-93 Lorain 1945 (List 2)

PF-53 Machias 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-61 Manitowoc 1944 (List 2)

PF-94 Milledgeville 1945 (List 2)

PF-63 Moberly 1944

PF-24 Muskegon 1943 (List 2)

PF-49 Muskogee 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-71 New Bedford 1944

PF-37 Ogden 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-39 Orange 1943

PF-43 Orlando 1944

PF-99 Pasco 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-6 Peoria 1944 (List 2)

PF-67 Peoria 1944

PF-9 Pocatello 1944

PF-26 Poughkeepsie 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-13 Pueblo 1944

PF-100 Racine 1945

PF-66 Reading 1944

PF-48 Rockford 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-37 San Pedro 1943 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-54 Sandusky 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-4 Sausalito 1944 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-57 Sheboygan 1944 (List 2)

PF-23 Shreveport 1944 (List 2)

PF-3 Tacoma 1943 Lend-Lease to USSR

PF-65 Uniontown 1944

PF-42 Van Buren 1943

PF-32 Woonsocket 1944

PR -- River Gunboats

Displacement: 370-560 tons
Length: 159'5"-210'9"
Beam: 27'1"-31'1"
Draft: 5'1"-5'7"
Speed: 14.5-16 knots
Armament: 2 3"/23 or 2 3"/50
Complement: 60-80
Reciprocating engines, twin screws

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PR-7 Luzon 1928 5 May 42; at Corregidor

PR-8 Mindanao 1928 2 May 42; bombed off Corregidor

PR-6 Oaho 1928 4 May 42; artillery fire at Corregidor

PR-5 Panay 1928 12 Dec 37; air attack on Yangtze River, above Nanking

PR-4 Tutuila 1928
19Mar42
Lend-Lease to China

PR-3 Wake 1927 8 Dec 41; captured at Shanghai

PY -- Smaller Converted Yachts

Displacement: 499-1130 tons
Length: 170'-245'3"
Beam: 26'6"-34'
Draft: 10'4"-16'10"
Speed: 10-18 knots
Armament: 1-2 3"/50
Complement: 47-127
Geared turbines or diesel engine

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PY-24 Almandite 1942

PY-14 Argus 1941

PY-22 Azurlite 1942

PY-23 Beryl 1942

PY-19 Carnelian 1941

PY-15 Coral 1941

PY-25 Crystal 1942

PY-26 Cythera 1917 2 May 42; torpedoed by U-402 off N. Carolina coast

PY-31 Cythera 1942

PY-27 Girasol 1942

PY-10 Isabel 1917

PY-17 Jade 1941 Lend-Lease to Ecuador

PY-28 Marcasite 1942

PY-29 Mizpah 1942

PY-21 Ruby 1941

PY-13 Siren 1941

PY-32 Southern Seas 1942

PY-12 Sylph 1940

PY-20 Tourmaline 1941 Lend-Lease to Ecuador

PY-18 Turquoise 1941

PY-16 Zircon 1941

PYc -- Coastal Yachts

Displacement: 75-640 tons
Length: 99'10"-195'1"
Beam: 16'-32'
Draft: 5'6"-14'3"
Speed: 8-18 knots
Armament: 1 4"/50. 1-2 3"/23 or 3"/50, or 1 6-pdr
Complement: 24-59
Diesel or reciprocating engine

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PYc-28 Ability 1942

PYc-4 Agate 1941 Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-21 Alabaster 1942

PYc-6 Amber 1941 Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-3 Amethyst 1941

PYc-11 Andradite 1942

PYc-7 Aquamarine 1941

PYc-45 Black Douglas 1943 Converted from Unclassified Vessel IX-55
Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-40 Captor 1942 Converted from Minesweeper AM-132 Eagle
Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-38 Carolita 1942

PYc-16 Chalcedony 1942

PYc-27 Colleen 1942

PYc-26 Cymophane 1942

PYc-1 Emerald 1941

PYc-35 Felicia 1942

PYc-29 Gallant 1942 Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-15 Garnet 1942

PYc-46 Impetuous 1943 Converted from Submarine Chaser (PC)
Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-24 Iolite 1942 Converted to Patrol Vessel (YP)

PYc-41 Iolite 1942

PYc-13 Jasper 1941

PYc-20 Jet 1942

PYc-31 Lash 1942 Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-42 Leader 1942

PYc-39 Marnell 1942

PYc-37 Mentor 1942

PYc-9 Moonstone 1941 16 Oct 43; collision off the Delaware Capes

PYc-22 Olivin 1942

PYc-5 Onyx 1941

PYc-8 Opal 1941
1943 ex-SS Coronet
Lend-Lease to Ecuador

PYc-36 Paragon 1942 Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-47 Patriot 1943 Converted from Submarine Chaser (PC)
Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-18 Peridot 1942

PYc-44 Perseverance 1943

PYc-48 Persistent 1943 Converted from Submarine Chaser (PC)

PYc-25 Phenakite 1942

PYc-17 Pyrope 1942

PYc-49 Retort 1943 Converted from Submarine Chaser PC-458

PYc-19 Rhodolite 1941

PYc-2 Sapphire 1940

PYc-12 Sardonyx 1941

PYc-43 Sea Scout 1943 Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-50 Sturdy 1943 Converted from Submarine Chaser (PC)
Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-10 Topaz 1941

PYc-14 Truant 1941 Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-30 Vagrant 1941

PYc-51 Valiant 1943 Converted from Submarine Chaser (PC)
Decommissioned before the end of the War

PYc-52 Venture 1943 Converted from Submarine Chaser (PC)

PCE -- Patrol Craft, Escort

Displacement: 860 tons (full load)
Length: 184'
Beam: 33'1"
Draft: 9'5"
Speed: 15.5 knots
Armament: 1 3"/50 (bow); 2 20mm (bridge); 2x2 40mm (midship); 1 hedgehog, 4 K-guns; 2 depth charge racks (20 depth charges each)
Complement: 99
Diesel engines, twin screws, 900 shaft hp

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PCE-842 1943-45

PCE-843 1943-45

PCE-844 1943-45

PCE-845 1943-45

PCE-846 1943-45

PCE-847 1943-45

PCE-848 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-849 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-850 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-851 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-852 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-853 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-854 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-855 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-856 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-857 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-858 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-859 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-860 1943-45 Fitted as rescue vessel (PCE(R))

PCE-867 1943-45

PCE-868 1943-45

PCE-869 1943-45

PCE-870 1943-45

PCE-871 1943-45

PCE-872 1943-45

PCE-873 1943-45

PCE-874 1943-45

PCE-875 1943-45

PCE-876 1943-45 Converted to Degaussing Vessel (YDG)

PCE-877 1943-45

PCE-878 1943-44
1944
Converted to Auxiliary Minelayer ACM-4 Buttress

PCE-879 1943-45 Converted to Degaussing Vessel (YDG)

PCE-880 1943-45

PCE-881 1943-45

PCE-882 1943-45

PCE-883 1943-45 Converted to Degaussing Vessel (YDG)

PCE-884 1943-45

PCE-885 1943-45

PCE-886 1943-45

PCE-891 1943-45

PCE-892 1943-45

PCE-893 25 July 1944

PCE-894 1943-45

PCE-895 1943-45

PCE-896 1943-45

PCE-897 1943-45

PCE-898 1943-45

PCE-899 1943-45

PCE-900 1943-45

PCE-902 1943-45

PCE-903 1943-45

PCE-904 1943-45

PE -- Eagle Boats

Displacement: 430 tons
Length: 200'9"
Beam: 25'9"
Draft: 13'6"
Speed: 18 knots
Armament: 1 4"/50
Complement: 68
Built by Ford Motor Co. and commissioned 1919

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PE-19 1919

PE-27 1919

PE-32 1919

PE-38 1919

PE-48 1919

PE-55 1919

PE-56 1919 23 Apr 45; torpedoed by U-853

PE-57 1919

PCS -- Submarine Chaser Sweepers

Displacement: 251 tons
Length: 136'
Beam: 24'6"
Draft: 8'7"
Speed: 14 knots (max), 10 knots (econ)
Armament: 1 3"/50, 1 40mm, 2 DC tracks, 2 DC projectors, 2 Mk22 rocket launchers; or 1 40mm, 2 20mm 2 DC tracks, 2 DC projectors, 1 multiple projector
Complement: 57
Diesel engine, twin screws, 500 hp

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PCS-1376-1387 1943-45

PCS-1388 1943-45 Converted to Surveying Vessel (AGS)

PCS-1389-1392 1943-45

PCS-1396 1944
1945
Converted to AGS-8 Dutton

PCS-1397 1943-45

PCS-1399-1403 1943-45

PCS-1404 1943-45 Converted to Surveying Vessel (AGS)

PCS-1405 1943-45

PCS-1413-1414 1943-45

PCS-1417-1423 1943-45

PCS-1424 1943-45

PCS-1425-1426 1943-45

PCS-1429-1431 1943-45

PCS-1441-1442 1943-45

PCS-1444 1943-45

PCS-1445 1944

PCS-1446 1943-45

PCS-1448-1452 1943-45

PCS-1455 1943-45

PCS-1457-1458 1943-45 Converted to Surveying Vessels AGS

PCS-1459-1461 1943-45

PCS-1464 Medrick 1944 Converted to Coastal Minesweeper AMc-203

PCS-1465 1944 Converted to Coastal Minesweepers AMc-204

PGM -- Motor Gunboats

Displacement: 95-280 tons
Length: 110'10"-173'8"
Beam: 17'-23'
Draft: 6'6"-10'10"
Speed: 17.5-20 knots
Armament: 1 3"/23 or 3"/50, 1 60mm mortar
Complement: 28-65
Diesel engine

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

PGM-1 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chaser (SC)

PGM-2 1943 Converted from Submarine Chaser SC-757

PGM-3 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chasers (SC)

PGM-4 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chaser (SC)

PGM-5 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chaser (SC)

PGM-6 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chaser SC-1071

PGM-7 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chaser SC
18 Aug 44 (no details)

PGM-8-11 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chasers PC

PGM-12 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chasers PC

PGM-13-14 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chasers PC

PGM-15 1945 Converted from Submarine Chaser PC-1091

PGM-16 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chaser PC

PGM-17 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chaser PC
4 May 45 (no details)

PGM-18 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chaser PC
8 Apr 45 (no details)

PGM-19-30 1942-45 Converted from Submarine Chasers PC

PGM-31 1945 Converted from Submarine Chaser PC-1567

PGM-32 1945 Converted from Submarine Chaser PC-1568

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No.	Name	Comm.	Notes (: Lost)
PG-21	Asheville	1920	3 Mar 42; surface action S. of Java
PG-51	Charleston	1936
PG-17	Dubuque	1942	Converted from Unclassified Vessel IX-9 (ex-Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-6, ex-Gunboat (1902)
PG-50	Erie	1936	12 Nov 42; torpedoed by U-163 off Curacao
PG-18	Paducah	1905 1942	Training vessel Converted from Unclassified Vessel IX-23 (ex-Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-7 (1902))
PG-19	Sacramento	1914
PG-22	Tulsa Tacloban	1923	Renamed 27 Nov 44