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PCE-885



PCE-885 call sign:
Nan - Xray - George - Uncle


PCE-885 served the Navies of the United States and the Philippines.



RPS Leyte call sign:
Dog - Uncle - Nan - Xray
PCE-881 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 25 February 1944 by the Albina Engineering and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched, 20 June 1944; Commissioned USS PCE-885, 30 April 1945; Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines in July 1948 as RPS Leyte (PS 30). 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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Leyte 47k RPS Leyte (PS 30)
Philippine Navy Photo		 Jane's Fighting Ships
There is no DANFS history available for PCE-885
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
John C. Kilman Sr.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II"
by William J. Veigele, Ph.D., USNR, Ret. PC-793
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