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PC-1644


PC-1644 built in Denmark.




Call sign:
Oscar - Uniform - Echo - Papa

PC-1638 Class Submarine Chaser/Peder Skram Class Frigate: Laid down, in 1964 by Helsignor Verft (Elsinore Ship Yard), Elsinore, Denmark of Danish design in cooperation with the U. S. Naval Material Command; Launched, 2 May 1965; Commissioned, HDMS Peder Skram (F 352), 25 May 1966; Decommissioned, 5 July 1990; Sold, 7 April 1992 for use as a museum ship; Presently a museum ship at Naval Station Copenhagen, Denmark.

Specifications: Displacement 2,425 t.; Length 370'; Beam 39' 3"; Draft 12' 1"; Speed with Combined Diesel or Gas Turbines (CODOG) 32.7 kts. (max.), on diesels 16 kts. at 800 rpm; Complement 207; Armament - Originally - two dual 5"/38 mounts, four 40mm, four 21" torpedo tubes, one 51mm Rocket Launcher (Illumination), and one Depth Charge Launchers aft. After conversion - one 5"/38 dual mount, four 40mm, two 20mm, four 21" torpedo tubes, one 51mm Rocket Launcher (Illumination), eight Harpoon SSM (2x4), eight Sea Sparrow SAM (1x8), and one Depth Charge Launcher; Propulsion two 44,000hp Pratt and Whitney gas turbine and two 4,800hp General Motors 16V567D diesel engines, two shafts.


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There is no DANFS history available for PC-1644 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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