USS PGM-18

PC-1255 was built by the Luders Marine Construction Company in Stamford, Connecticut. She was laid down on 29 September 1943 and launched on 23 January 1944. She was commissioned as USS PC-1255 on 1 September 1944. She was decommissioned in October 1944 at the start of the conversion and recommissioned as USS PGM-18 when the conversion was finished on 18 December 1944. PGM-18 suffered two dead, twelve missing and 14 wounded, and YMS-103 suffered five killed and seven wounded. The survivors were picked up by other ships in the area. PGM-18 was only in service for 111 days before her destruction and received a battle star for her involvement in the Battle of Okinawa. ==References==