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Farmington (PCE 894)


Farmington served the Navies of the United States and Burma.

PCE-842 Class Patrol Escort: Laid down, 7 December 1942 by the Willimette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 15 May 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-894, 10 August 1944; Named Farmington, (date unknown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to Burma in 1965 and renamed Yan Taing Dong; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). 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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PCE-894 125k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-984 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4526-45
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public Affairs Office
PCE-894 101k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-984 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4527-45
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public Affairs Office
PCE-894 94k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-984 incline tests. The bows of PCE-895 and PCE-896 are visible in the background.
U.S. Navy Photo 4528-45
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public Affairs Office
PCE-894 116k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-984 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4529-45
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public Affairs Office
PCE-894 106k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-984 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4530-45
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public Affairs Office
PCE-894 84k 28 September 1945
Puget Sound Navy Yard
PCE-984 incline tests.
U.S. Navy Photo 4531-45
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public Affairs Office

There is no DANFS History currently available for Farmington (PCE 894) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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