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PCE-899 Lamar

Lamar served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 11 January 1943 at Williamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oregon; Launched 11 August 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-899, 17 March 1945; Decommissioned 16 December 1949 at Philadelphia, PA; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned 13 December 1960 at Milwaukee, Wisc.; Named Lamar, 15 February 1956; Decommissioned 28 May 1964 at Philadelphia, PA.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck form the Naval Register in June 1964; Transferred to the Coast Guard 29 July 1964 and commissioned USCGC Lamar (WTR-899); Decommissioned in September 1969. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 640 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 16k; Complement 99; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three single 40mm gun mounts, five single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog); Propulsion two 1,000 hp General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, two shafts.


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