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Farmington (PCE 894)
ex-PCE-894



Call sign:
November - Yankee - Hotel - Alpha


Farmington served the Navies of the United States and Burma.
PCE-842 Class Patrol Escort: Laid down, 7 December 1942 by the Willimette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 15 May 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-894, 10 August 1944; Named Farmington 25 February 1956; Assigned to U.S. Naval Reserve at Chicago, IL in 1948; Struck from the Navy Register 1 December 1964; Transferred to Burma 31 May 1965 as Yan Taing Dong. 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 40-mm; Propulsion two 1,800bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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PCE-894 125k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-894 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4526-45		 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public
Affairs Office
PCE-894 101k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-894 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4527-45		 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public
Affairs Office
PCE-894 94k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-894 incline tests. The bows of PCE-895 and PCE-896 are visible in the background.
U.S. Navy Photo 4528-45		 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public
Affairs Office
PCE-894 116k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-894 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4529-45		 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public
Affairs Office
PCE-894 106k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-894 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4530-45		 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public
Affairs Office
PCE-894 84k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-894 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4531-45		 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public
Affairs Office
PCE-894 51k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
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