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PCE-872



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Love - Able


PCE-872 served the Navies of the United States and Cuba.
PCE-842 Class Patrol Escort: Laid down, 30 January 1943 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched, 24 March 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-872, 29 November 1943; Transferred to Cuba 20 November 1947 as Caribe (H 201); Reclassified PE-201. 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; Propulsion two 2,000bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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USS PCE-872
PCE-872 50k c. 1944. Richard Powers
PCE-872 48k . Joseph William Ferguson
via his son Michael
PCE-872 50k . Joseph William Ferguson
via his son Michael
Caribe (H 201)
PCE-872 50k c. 1953 Robert Hurst
PCE-872 48k c. 1954
Cuban Navy photo		 Robert Hurst
Caribe (PE 201)
PCE-872 50k . Robert Hurst
There is no DANFS History currently available for PCE-872
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