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Dania (PCE 870)
ex-PCE-870



Call sign:
November - Xray - Foxtrot - Uniform


Dania served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.
PCE-842 Class Patrol Escort: Laid down, 30 November 1942 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched, 27 February 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-870, 5 October 1943; Named Dania in 1955; Transferred to South Korea in December 1961 as Pyok Pa (PCE 57). 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, 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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