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Asheboro (PCE 882)
ex-PCEC-882
ex-PCE-882


PCE-882 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.

PCE-881 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 26 August 1943 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched 3 December 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-882, 23 February 1945; Reclassified as a Control Escort, PCEC-882; Reclassified back to a Patrol Craft Escort, PCE-882; Named Asheboro in 1955; Transferred to South Korea, 1 November 1974; Struck form the Naval Register, 15 November 1974. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 640 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9'; Speed 16.5k; Complement 96; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three single 40mm gun mounts, four single 20mm guns, two dct, four dcp, one dcp (hh); Propulsion two 1,000shp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, two shafts.


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PCE-882 19k . Gunter Krebs
PCE-882 38k U.S. Navy photo from the Naval Institute archives Joe Radigan

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