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Patrol Craft Escort (PCE)
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There were 68 Patrol Craft Escort vessels built and delivered to the US Navy and an additional 17 delivered under the Lend-Lease Program to Allies during World War II PCEs were an inexpensive substitute for larger and more valuable DD's and DE's. Though not much longer than the PC the 180 foot steel hulled PCE's tonnage is more than twice as great. Its speed is 15 knots, diesel propelled and armed with a dual-purpose 3"/50 gun, three 40mm guns, five 20mm guns, two depth charge tracks, and ten K-Guns. PCEs carried a considerable amount of detection and ranging gear for locating submarines. The PCE was designed for general escort work, whereas the PC normally stayed near harbors and worked only with coastal convoys. Some PCEs were converted to PCER, Rescue Escorts while others were converted to Amphibious Control Vessels, PCEC.
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PCE / PCER Ship Index
PCE-827 to Great Britain as HMS Kilbernie (BEC 1)
PCE-828 to Great Britian as HMS Kilbride (BEC 2)
PCE-829 to Great Britain as HMS Kilchatten (BEC 3)
PCE-830 to Great Britain as HMS Kilchernan (BEC 4)
PCE-831 to Great Britain as HMS Kildary (BEC 5)
PCE-832 to Great Britain as HMS Kildwick (BEC 6)
PCE-833 to Great Britain as HMS Kilham (BEC 7)
PCE-834 to Great Britain as HMS Kilkenzie (BEC 8)
PCE-835 to Great Britain as HMS Kilhampton (BEC 9)
PCE-836 to Great Britain as HMS Kilmacolm (BEC 10)
PCE-837 to Great Britain as HMS Kilmarnok (BEC 11)
PCE-838 to Great Britain as HMS Kilmartin (BEC 12)
PCE-839 to Great Britain as HMS Kilmelford (BEC 13)
PCE-840 to Great Britain as HMS Kilmington (BEC 14)
PCE-841 to Great Britain as HMS Kilmore (BEC 15)
PCE-842 Marfa
PCER / PCE-843 Skowhegan
PCE-844
PCE-845 Worland
PCE-846 Eunice
PCER / PCE-847
PCER-848
PCER-849 Somersworth
PCER-850 Fairview
PCER / EPCE-851 Rockville
PCER / EPCER-852 Brattleboro
PCER-853 Amherst
PCER-854
PCER / EPCER-855 Rexburg
PCER / PCE-856 Whitehall
PCER / EPCER-857 Marysville
PCE-858
PCER-859
PCE-860
PCE-861 to PCE-866 Canceled
PCE-867
PCE-868
PCE-869
PCE-870 Dania
PCE-871
PCE-872
PCE / PCEC-873
PCE-874 Pascagoula
PCE-875
PCE-876 Reclassified YDG-8
PCE / PCEC-877 Havre
PCE-878 Named/Reclassified Buttress (ACM 4)
PCE-879 Reclassified YDG-9
PCE-880 Ely
PCE-881
PCE-882
PCE-883 Reclassified YDG-10
PCE-884
PCE-885
PCE / PCEC-886 Banning
PCE-887 to PCE-890 Canceled
PCE-891
PCE-892 Somerset
PCE-893
PCE-894 Farmington
PCE-895 Crestview
PCE / PCEC-896
PCE-897
PCE-898
PCE-899 Lamar
PCE-900 Groton
PCE-901 Named/Reclassified Parris Island (AG 72)
PCE-902 Portage
PCE-903 Batesburg
PCE-904 Gettysburg
PCE-905 Named/Reclassified Execute (AM 232)
PCE-906 Named/Reclassified Facility (AM 233)
PCE-907 Named/Reclassified Gavia (AM 363)
PCE-908 Named/Reclassified Fixity (AM 235)
PCE-909 Named/Reclassified Flame (AM 236)
PCE-910
Canceled 6 June 1944
PCE-911 Named/Reclassified Adjutant (AM 351)
PCE-912 Named/Reclassified Bittern (AM 352)
PCE-913 Named/Reclassified Breakhorn (AM 353)
PCE-914 Named/Reclassified Carimu (AM 354)
PCE-915 Named/Reclassified Chukor (AM 355)
PCE-916 Named/Reclassified Creddock (AM 356)
PCE-917 Named/Reclassified Dipper (AM 357)
PCE-918 Named/Reclassified Dotterel (AM 358)
Canceled 1 November 1945
PCE-919 Named/Reclassified Drake (AM 359)
PCE-920 to PCE-934
Canceled 1 November 1945
PCE-935 Reclassified PCER-935
PCE-936 Reclassified PCER-936
PCE-937 Reclassified PCER-937
PCE-938 Reclassified PCER-938
PCE-939 Reclassified PCER-939
PCE-940 Reclassified PCER-940
PCE-941 Reclassified PCER-941
PCE-942 Reclassified PCER-942
PCE-943 Reclassified PCER-943
PCE-944 Reclassified PCER-944
PCE-945 Reclassified PCER-945
PCE-946 Reclassified PCER-946
Canceled
PCE-947 to PCE-960
Canceled
PCE-1604 to The Netherlands as Fret (F 818)
PCE-1605 to The Netherlands as Hermelijn (F 819)
PCE-1606 to The Netherlands as Vos (F 820)
PCE-1607 to The Netherlands as Wolf (F 817)
PCE-1608 to The Netherlands as Panter (F 821)
PCE-1609 to The Netherlands as Jaguar (F 822)

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