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PCER-854


PCER-489 Class Patrol Craft Rescue Escort: Laid down, 1943 at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill; Launched, (date unknown); Commissioned USS PCER-854, (date unknown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, (date unknown) to Wilson Lines Inc., Boston, MA and renamed Liberty Belle II; The M/V Liberty Belle II was sold, (date unknown) to a Cuban Steamship Company. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 903 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 5"; Speed 15.7k; Complement 99; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three single 40mm Gun Mounts, six single 20mm Guns, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion, diesel.
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