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PCE-872


PCE-872 served the Navies of the United States and Cuba.

PCE-842 Class Patrol Escort: Laid down, 30 January 1943 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched, 24 March 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-872, 29 November 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to Cuba, 20 November 1947 and renamed Caribe (H 201); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 850 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 5"; Speed 15.7 kts.; Complement 99; Armament one single 3"/50, three twin 40-mm; Propulsion two 900 bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, two shafts.


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PCE-872 50k c. 1944. Richard Powers
PCE-872 48k . Joseph William Ferguson
via his son Michael
PCE-872 50k . Joseph William Ferguson
via his son Michael

There is no DANFS History currently available for PCE-872 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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