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PCE-891



PCE-891 call sign:
Nan - Yoke - George - William


PCE-891 served the Navies of the United States and the Philippines.



RPS Pangasinan call sign:
Dog - Uncle - Oboe - Baker
PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 28 October 1942 by the Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oregon; Launched, 24 April 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-891, 15 June 1944; Transferred to the Philippines in July 1948 as RPS Pangasinan (PS 31). 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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