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PCE-1606


PC-1606 was built for The Netherlands.
PCE-1604 Class Patrol Craft Escort/Roofdier (Predator) Class Corvette: Laid down 3 August 1952 as PCE-1606 by the General Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, Boston, MA; Launched, 1 May 1954; Commissioned, 2 December 1954 as the Dutch Corvette HRNLMS Vos (Fox) (F 820); Scrapped
in 1988.

Specifications: Displacement 402 t.; Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 18.7 kts.; Complement 63; Armament one 3"/50 mount, three 40-mm mounts; two 20-mm mounts, Between 1959 and 1962 the boat was armed with a MK15 Hedgehog rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 900 bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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PCE-1606 20k 1 May 1954
Launching of the PCE-1606 at the General Ship and Engine Works Inc., East Boston, MA. L to R: Mr. Byron C. Hedblom, Vice President of the General Ship and Engine Works Inc., Mrs. Philip W. Snyder, Sponsor, Miss Katherine Watts, Maid of Honor, Capt. Philip W. Snyder, Commander Boston Naval Shipyard, Mr. Carl G. Hedblom, President of General Ship and Engine Works Inc., Capt. Joseph L. Bird, Sup Ship and INS ORD Planning Officer.
National Archives photo 80-G-638952		 Dan Treadwell
PCE-1606 25k 1 May 1954
Launching of the PCE-1606 at the General Ship and Engine Works Inc., East Boston, MA. Mrs. Philip W. Snyder, Sponsor, and Mr. I.W. Barkman, Treasurer of General Ship and Engine Works Inc., East Boston, MA.
National Archives photo 80-G-638953		 Dan Treadwell
PCE-1606 27k 1 May 1954
Launching of the PCE-1606 at the General Ship and Engine Works Inc., East Boston, MA. Mrs. Philip W. Snyder, Sponsor.
National Archives photo 80-G-638954		 Dan Treadwell
F-820 50k . Royal Dutch Navy
F-820 50k . Royal Dutch Navy
PCE-1606 111k . Pieter Bakels
PCE-1605 121k HRNLMS Panter (F 821), ex-PCE-1608; Vos; HRNLMS Hermelijn (F 819) and HRNLMS Wolf (F 817), ex-PCE-1607
Royal Netherlands Navy photo		 Fran Van Gerven
PCE-1606 168k Vos, Panter and Onvermoeid (A 857), ex-MSO-484 passing the light cruiser de Ruyter (C 801) to port. Pieter Bakels
There is no DANFS history available for PCE-1606
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