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Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive

PGM-37

PGM-37 was built for the Philippines.

PGM-33 Class Motor Gunboat:

Laid down as PGM-37 by Georgia Shipbuilding, Savannah, GA

Launched 29 May 1954

Delivered 2 March 1956

Transferred to the Philippines and named RPS Masbate (PG 52)

Reclassified G-52

Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register in 1965

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 143 t.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
PGM-37
	64k	29 May 1954 In cradle, prior to launch National Archives photo	Dan Treadwell
	105k	29 May 1954 Launching ceremony party, Alex H. MacDonell (left); Miss Catherine MacDonell (second from left), ships sponsor; CAPT John H. Ellison (center) National Archives photo
	75k	29 May 1954 Guest speaker National Archives photo
	79k	29 May 1954 Principle speaker CAPT John H. Ellison National Archives photo
	82k	29 May 1954 Prior to launch National Archives photo
	67k	29 May 1954 Launching National Archives photo
	72k	29 May 1954 After launch National Archives photo
RPS Masbate (PG 52)
	38k	Namesake: *Masbate, officially the Province of Masbate, is an island province in the Philippines located near the midsection of the nation's archipelago. Its provincial capital is Masbate* City. The province consists of three major islands: *Masbate*, Ticao and Burias	Tommy Trampp Photo added 11 December 2020

There is no DANFS history available for PGM-37

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