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Somerset (PCE 892)
ex-PCE-892



Call sign:
November - Xray - Lima - Victor


PCE-892 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.
PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 28 October 1942 at Williamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oregon; Launched 1 May 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-892, 8 July 1944; Decommissioned in October 1947 at New Orleans, LA. and placed in service the same day as a naval reserve training ship; Named Somerset 15 February 1955; Placed out of service in March 1955; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck form the Navy Register 1 June 1961; Transferred 13 December 1961 on loan under the Military Assistance Program to South Korea and renamed Ryul Po (PCE 58). 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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PCE-842 135k ROKN Ryul Po (PCE-58)
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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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