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PCE-1609


PCE-1609 was built for The Netherlands.



Call sign:
Papa - Alpha - Quebec - Echo
PCE-1604 Class Patrol Craft Escort/Roofdier (Predator) Class Corvette: Laid down 10 December 1952 as PCE-1609 by Avondale Marine Ways Inc., New Orleans, LA; Launched, 20 March 1954; Delivered, 11 June 1954 to the Royal Dutch Navy; Commissioned in November 1954 as the Dutch Corvette HRNLMS Jaguar (F 822); Decommissioned 22 December 1983; 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, two 40-mm mounts; two 20-mm mounts, Between 1959 and 1962 she was armed with a Mk15 Hedgehog rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 900bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines (Serial Nos. 2127 and 2128), Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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PCE-1608 148k 11 June 1954
Transfer of PCE-1608 and PCE-1609 to Netherlands Navy at Naval Station New Orleans, LA. Capt. F. H. Gardner, USN, C.O. (left), accepts a vase, on behalf of the station, presented him by RADM Gerard Koudijis, RNN as a token of appreciation and friendship extended officers and men of the ships which were transferred.
National Archives photo 80-G-639257		 Dan Treadwell
PCE-1608 109k 11 June 1954
Transfer of PCE-1608 and PCE-1609 to Netherlands Navy at Naval Station New Orleans, LA. RADM Gerard Koudijis, RNN signs the papers as Capt. F. H. Gardner, USN, looks on.
National Archives photo 80-G-639258		 Dan Treadwell
PCE-1608 199k 11 June 1954
Transfer of PCE-1608 and PCE-1609 to Netherlands Navy at Naval Station New Orleans, LA. Men of Panter and HNLMS Jaguar (F 822) stand with heads bared during the benediction which followed the transfer ceremony.
National Archives photo 80-G-639259		 Dan Treadwell
PCE-1609 108k 15 July 1954
At sea.
National Archives photo 80-G-646393		 Dan Treadwell
F-822 67k . Fran VanGerven
F-822 55k . Fran VanGerven
F-822 56k . Fran VanGerven
F-822 137k . Pim van Wijngaarden
F-822 60k c. 1958 Royal Dutch Navy
View the Jaguar Prior to Disposal Photos
There is no DANFS history available for PCE-1609
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
HRNLMS Jaguar (F 822) ex-PCE-1609
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