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From the May 1954 edition of All Hands magazine

PCE(C)-898
ex-PCE-898



Call sign:
November - Xray - Lima - Zulu


PCEC-898 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.
PCE-881 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 16 December 1942 by the Williamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 3 August 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-898, 24 January 1945; Reclassified as an Control Patrol Craft Escortl, PCE(C)-898; Transferred to South Korea, 1 November 1974; Struck form the Naval Register, 15 November 1974. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 850 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 5"; Speed 15.7k; Complement 99; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three twin 40mm gun mounts, four single 20mm guns, two dct, four dcp, one dcp (hh); Propulsion two 2,000bhp General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

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PCE-898
PCE-898 49k c. January 1945 -
PCE(C)-898
PCEC-898 46k - Roger Powel
via Rick Mader
PCE-898 79k U.S. Navy photo
Naval Institute Archives.		 -
There is no DANFS history available for PCE-898
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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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