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PGM-109


PGM-109 was built in Brazil
Brazilian Piratini Class Motor Gunboat:

  • Laid down 27 May 1968 as PGM-109 by Naval Shipyard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Launched 26 February 1970
  • Commissioned NPA Piratini (P 10), 30 November 1970
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 105 t.
  • Length 98.2'
  • Beam 20'
  • Draft 6' 2"
  • Speed 19 kts.
  • Complement 18
  • Armament: One .50 cal. machine gun/81mm mortar mount, and two .50 cal. machine guns
    1985 - replaced bow .50cal. machine gun/81mm mortar with one 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Four 275bhp Cummins VT-12M diesel engines, two shafts.
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    PGM-109 253k Brazilian Navy photo Joe Radigan
    PGM-109
    121110902    		 543k Piratini (P 10) maneuvering off the Yacht Club Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 2024.
    Photo from Argentina' Ministerio de Defensa Facebook    		 Dave Shirlaw
    There is no DANFS history available for PGM-109
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