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PCE-869


PCE-869 served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 2 September 1942 by the Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon; Launched, 6 February 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-869, 19 September 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Republic of China, February 1946 and named Yung Hsiang (PF 42); Renamed and reclassified Wei Yuan (PCE 68), (date unknown); Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972. 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 1,800 bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, two shafts.
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