Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort
Photo Archive

USCGC Jackson (WPC-120)



Jackson call sign:
Nan - Roger - Love - Victor

ex-USS PCE(R)-858



PCE-858 call sign:
Nan - Yoke - How - Yoke

PCE(R)-858 served both the Navy and Coast Guard.

PCE-848 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 3 January 1944 at Pullman Standard Car Mfg., Chicago, IL; Launched 13 May 1944; Delivered in April 1945; Commissioned USS PCE(R)-858, 16 May 1945; Decommissioned 28 February 1946 and transferred to the Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Jackson (WPC-120); Decommissioned, 24 July 1947; Sold 23 December 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 903 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 5"; Speed 15.7k; Complement 99; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm gun mounts, two dct, two dcp Propulsion two 2,000bhp General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
PCE-858 28k c. 1946
Curtis Bay, MD. Just after transfer to the Coast Guard		 Ken Laesser
There is no DANFS History currently available for PCE(R)-858
Coast Guard History
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
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue) - (PCE[R]) Photo Index
Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page created by Gary P. Priolo and maintained by Joe Radigan
© 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.