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Marfa (PCE 842)
ex-PCE(R)-842
ex-PCE-842
ex-PCE(R)-842
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November - Uniform - Victor - Quebec
Marfa served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.
PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Originally planned as Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue), PCE(R)-842 but reclassified as a Patrol Craft Escort, PCE-842, 28 March 1943; Laid down 12 June 1943 by the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill.; Reclassified back to PCE(R)-842, 19 June 1943; Reclassified back to PCE-842, 15 July 1943; Launched 14 November 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-842, 29 January 1944 at New Orleans, La.; Decommissioned 7 November 1947 at New Orleans, La. and placed in service as a naval reserve training vessel; Placed out of service 17 August 1955 at Green Cove Springs, Fla.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs; Named Marfa 15 February 1956; Struck form the Navy Register 1 June 1961; Transferred to South Korea 18 December 1961 under the Military Assistance Program as Tang Po (PCE-56); Sunk by North Korean shore battery fire north of the demarcation line 19 January 1967.
Specifications: Displacement 850 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 5"; Speed 15.7 kts.; Complement 99; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, three twin 40mm mounts, five 20mm mounts, two depth charge tracks, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog); Propulsion 1,800bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II"
by William J. Veigele Ph.D., USNR, Ret., PC-793
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