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Batesburg (PCE 903)

Batesburg served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.
PCE-881 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 18 February 1943 at Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 6 September 1943; Commissioned, 16 May 1945; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Named Batesburg 15 February 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to South Korea in December 1961 and renamed Sa Chon (PCE 59). Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 850 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9'; Speed 20 kts; Complement 99; Armament one 3"/50, three single 40mm gun mounts and eight 20-mm mounts; Propulsion two 1,000 shp General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, two shafts.
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