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USCGC Bedloe (WPC-121)



Bedloe call sign:
Nan - Roger - Love - Charlie

ex-USS PCE(R)-860



PCE(R)-860 call sign:
Nan - Xray - Charlie - William

PCE(R)-860 served the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard
PCE(R)-848 Class Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue): Laid down 25 January 1944 at Pullman Standard Car Mfg., Chicago, IL; Launched 30 May 1944; Commissioned USS PCE(R)-860, 31 March 1945; Decommissioned and transferred to the Coast Guard 18 September 1946; Commissioned, USCGC Bedloe (WPC-121); Decommissioned, 17 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.

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