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PCE-897



PCE-897 call sign:
Nan - Yoke - How - George


PCE-897 served the Navies of the United States and the Philippines.



RPS Iloilo call sign:
Dog - Uncle - Nan - Queen
PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 16 December 1942, at Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oregon; Launched, 3 August 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-897, 6 January 1945; Transferred to the Philippines in July 1948 as Iloilo (PS 32). 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 2,000bhp General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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PCE-897 68k c. 1945
Apra Harbor, Guam
Photo by William H. Rogers who served on board as a Motor Machinist Mate in 1945		 Charles Locker
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