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PCE-858
WPC-120 Jackson


PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 3 January 1944 at Pullman Standard Car Mfg., Chicago, IL; Launched 13 May 1944; Commissioned USS PCE-858, 16 May 1945; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred on Loan to the Coast Guard and Commissioned, USCGC Jackson (WPC-120), 28 February 1946; Decommissioned, 24 July 1947; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final dispostion, sold, 23 December 1947, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 870 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 14k; Complement 5 officers, 54 Enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog); Propulsion, two GM Mod 12-278A diesel, 2000BHP. single screw. Built By Pullman Standard Car Mfg., Chicago, IL
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PCE-858 28k Curtis Bay, c. 1946, Just after transfer to Coast Guard Ken Laesser

There is no DANFS History currently available for PCE-858 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
The CG History Page
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