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PCE / PCE(C)-896

PCE-896 served the U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard.


PCE-896 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.

PCE-881 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down, 2 December 1942 by the Williamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 22 May 1943; Commissioned USS PCE-896, 27 November 1944; Reclassified as a Control Escort PCE(C)-896, (date unknown); Decommissioned, 28 May 1964; Transferred to the Coast Guard, 29 July 1964; Transferred to South Korea 1 November 1974; Struck from the Naval Register 15 November 1974. 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 gun mount, three single 40mm Gun Mounts, four single 20-mm, two dct, four dcp, one dcp (hh); Propulsion two 2,000shp General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, two shafts.
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PCE-894 94k 28 September 1945
Mare Island 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-896 77k Being approached by PCE(C)-898 for highline transfer. c. early 1950s. Roger Powel
via Rick Mader
(Original photo by Ken Nelsen from PCE(C)-898)
PCE-896 101k Highlining with PCE(C)-898. c. early 1950s. Roger Powel
via Rick Mader
(Original photo by Ken Nelsen from PCE(C)-898)
PCE-896 87k Highlining with PCE(C)-898. c. early 1950s. Roger Powel
via Rick Mader
(Original photo by Ken Nelsen from PCE(C)-898)
PCE-896 73k Breaking away from PCE(C)-898. c. early 1950s. Roger Powel
via Rick Mader
(Original photo by Ken Nelsen from PCE(C)-898)
PCEC-896 47k Near Japan, c. 1952. Ken Nelsen

There is no DANFS history available for PCE-896 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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