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PCE-873
ex-PCEC-873
ex-PCE-873



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Lima - Oscar


PCE-873 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.
PCE-842 Class Patrol Escort: Laid down, 6 February 1943 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched, 5 May 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-873, 15 December 1943; Reclassified as a Control Patrol Escort, PCEC-873; Reclassified back to a Patrol Escort, PCE-873; Transferred to South Korea as Han San (PCEC 53), 1 November 1974; Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1974. 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 and two 20mm mounts; Propulsion two 1,800bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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PCE-873 84k 24 August 1944 Robert Hurst
PCE-873 58k U.S. Navy photo from the August 1954 edition of All Hands magazine. Joe Radigan
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