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PCE-901
Parris Island (AG 72)
PCE-881 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 10 May 1943 at Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched 8 July 1943; Reclassified as a Miscellaneous Auxiliary and renamed Parris Island (AG 72), 28 April 1944; Placed in service, 30 October 1944; Placed out of service, 19 June 1947; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1947; Turned over to the Maritime Commission, 20 January 1948; Sold to a Honduran Registry, 1948; Retained name and served as the M/V Parris Island into 1970. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 850 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9'; Speed 20 kts; Complement 110; Armament three single 40mm and four single 20mm gun mounts; Propulsion, diesel.
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