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PCE-873
ex-PCEC-873
ex-PCE-873



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Lima - Oscar


PCE-873 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.

PCE-842 Class Patrol Escort: Laid down, 6 February 1943 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched, 5 May 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-873, 15 December 1943; Reclassified as a Control Patrol Escort, PCEC-873; Reclassified back to a Patrol Escort, PCE-873; Transferred to South Korea as Han San (PCEC 53), 1 November 1974; Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1974. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 850 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 5"; Speed 15.7 kts.; Complement 99; Armament one single 3"/50, three twin 40-mm; Propulsion two 900 bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, two shafts.


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