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PCE / PCEC-898


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 Amphibious Control Vessel PCEC-898, (date unknown); Decommissioned (date unknown); 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 General Motors 12-278A diesel engines; two shafts.
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PCEC-898 46k - Roger Powel
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There is no DANFS history available for PCE-898 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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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