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Ely (PCE 880)
ex-PCE-880



Call sign:
November - Xray - Foxtrot - Alpha
PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 12 August 1943 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched, 27 October 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-880, 29 April 1944; Named Ely 15 February 1956. Served on Lakes with Naval Reserve, 1950-1960's. Struck from the Navy list 1 July 1970; Transferred 3 September 1970 to the State of Maine (Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute) South Portland, ME and renamed R/V Aqualab II; Sold in 1972 to Kirks Marine Enterprise, Inc. of Dover, DE; Sold in 1975 to Norman Industries, Inc. of Lafayette, LA; Renamed Atlantic Mist in 1979; In service into 1980. 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 1,800bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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Ely 56k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Ely 99k Moored at the Naval Reserve Training Center Sheboygan, WI Jim Erdman
Ely 62k Naval Instutute Archives Joe Radigan
Ely 78k U.S. Navy photo from the May 1969 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
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