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Somerset (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 1956; Placed out of service in March 1955; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck form the Naval 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 640 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 16k; Complement 99; Armament one single 3"/50 Gun Mount, three single 40mm Gun Mounts, five single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog); Propulsion two 900 hp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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