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PCE(R)-848
Call sign:
November - Xray - Mike - Victor
PCE(R)-848 Class Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue): Laid down, 7 September 1943 by the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, IL; Launched, 21 January 1944; Commissioned USS PCE(R)-848, 30 March 1944. General MacArthur had directed his chief signal officer, Major General S. B. Akin, to form a fleet command post to facilitate communications during complex land, sea, and air attacks. Most of the ships designated for this duty belonged to the Army. The Navy, realizing that the hospital space on the PCER could easily be converted into a communications center, assigned PCERs 848, 849, and 850 to the operational control of General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Areas. Work was completed in mid-September 1944; and, on 30 September 1944, PCERs 848 and 849 sailed to Hollandia, New Guinea. Damaged 27 October 1944 by horizontal bomber off the coast of New Guinea at 11° 11' N., 125° 05' E. Fate unknown.
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 and two 40mm mounts; Propulsion two 2,000bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.
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12 October 1944
Anchored at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea
National Archives photo SC288925 |
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12 October 1944
Anchored at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea
National Archives photo SC288926 |
John Chiquoine |
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