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Patrol craft escorts of the United States Navy

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PCEC-872

Class overview
Builders
  • Pullman Standard Automobile, Chicago
  • Albina, Portland
  • Willamette Iron & Steel
Operators
  • United States Navy
  • United States Coast Baby-sit
  • Royal Navy
  • South korea Navy
  • Mexican Navy
  • Ecuadorian Navy
  • Colombian National Navy
  • Republic of Vietnam Navy
  • Republic of China Navy
  • Cuban Revolutionary Navy
  • Philippine Navy
  • Myanmar Navy
Subclasses
  • Roofdier-course frigate
  • Malvar-class corvette
Built 1942–1945
Completed 68
Preserved ~two
General characteristics [i]
Displacement 850 long tons (860 t)
Length
  • 180 ft (54.86 k) wl
  • 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) oa
Axle 33 ft 1 in (10.08 m)
Draft 9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion
  • two shaft diesel engines
  • 2,000 bhp (ane,500 kW)
Speed 14.three kn (26.5 km/h; sixteen.5 mph)
Range 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; ix,800 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement 96
Ammunition
  • 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
  • vi × Bofors 40 mm guns (three twin mounts)
  • 4 × 20 mm guns
  • one × Hedgehog anti-submarine projector
  • Depth charges

The PCE-842-form patrol craft were U.s.a. Navy patrol arts and crafts escorts designed during Globe War II that were intended for littoral and convoy escort. The pattern was derived from the 180-foot (55 thou) Admirable-class minesweeper as a substitute for the 173-foot (53 g) PC-461-class submarine chasers that were used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) in littoral areas.[1] At 185 feet long and 640 tons, the PCE is more than than twice the displacement of the PC. It has a crew complement of 99 officers and men.

Development and design [edit]

The Beauteous form had been developed equally a smaller minesweeper than the Raven-class and Auk-form minesweepers, which would be cheaper and easier to build, while still having adept seakeeping capabilities in high seas. An escort derivative of the new blueprint was proposed for supply under the Lend-Lease scheme to U.k.'s Imperial Navy (which had already rejected the Beauteous class equally minesweepers), and when the United States Navy realized that a shortage of engines might foreclose it from receiving additional PC-461-class submarine chasers beyond those already on order, it was decided to build the escort variant, designated as Patrol Arts and crafts Escort (PCE) for both the US Navy and Royal Navy.[1] [2]

The ships were 184 ft 6 in (56.24 chiliad) long overall and 180 ft 0 in (54.86 one thousand) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 33 ft 1 in (10.08 one thousand) and a draft of 9 ft v in (2.87 m).[1] Displacement was 850 long tons (860 t) standard and 903 long tons (917 t) total load.[three] They were powered by two 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) Full general Motors 12-278A diesel engines driving two shafts via unmarried reduction gearing.[1] [iii] This gave a speed of 15.7 kn (18.1 mph; 29.1 km/h).[three] The ships had a range of 8,500 nmi (9,800 mi; 15,700 km) at 12 kn (xiv mph; 22 km/h).[1]

The normal armament on completion consisted of a single iii in (76 mm) gun forward, 2 40 mm anti-shipping guns, backed upwards past four or five Oerlikon xx mm cannon. A Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar was mounted betwixt the 3 inch gun and the ship'due south bridge, while depth charge projectors and rail were mounted on the ships' fantail.[4] [5] Later ships were fitted with a tertiary Bofors gun and additional Oerlikons,[iii] while ships were subsequently modified to mount three twin Bofors mounts and four Oerlikons.[five] Some ships (including PCE-867) were armed with 2 3-inch guns and three Oerlikons.[half-dozen]

Detection equipment [edit]

The class was fitted with radar, sonar and other detection equipment for ASW.

Conversions [edit]

Some PCEs were later converted to Rescue Escorts, PCE(R), and to Amphibious Control Vessels, PCE(C), which were used in many U.S. amphibious landing operations during World State of war 2, particularly Leyte Gulf and Normandy. Two such ships, which were converted to Rescue Escorts, were the USS Somersworth and USS Fairview, both of which were present at the surrender of Nippon in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.[vii]

Production [edit]

Sixty-eight Patrol Craft Escorts were built for the US Navy, and seventeen were delivered under the Lend-Lease Program to Allies during World War 2. The PCEs proved to be an inexpensive substitute for larger and more valuable destroyers and destroyer escorts in convoy escort piece of work.

Philippine Navy [edit]

As of 2014[update], the Philippine Navy notwithstanding operates the Miguel Malvar class with half-dozen PCEs as gun corvettes, with all the ships' ASW equipment already removed. The PCE is the most numerous major ship class of the Philippine Navy that, at 1 time, numbered more than 10 vessels.

Ships [edit]

Transport name Hull number Original navy of service Commissioned Decommissioned Status
Kilbernie PCE-827 Royal Navy sixteen July 1943 June 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; sold for flake, August 1997[8] [ix]
Kilbride PCE-828 Imperial Navy 31 July 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; sold for fleck, 1988[10]
Kilchatten PCE-829 Majestic Navy 16 August 1943 12 July 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; sold for scrap, 1983[11]
Kilchrenan PCE-830 Purple Navy 31 Baronial 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; currently in service as of 2019 as a ferry. Subsequently conversion to ferry and passenger boat she sailed under the name MS Sunnhordland, a name she still carries. The transport was fully restored in 2016 and is now operating as a historic send at the due west coast of Norway.[12]
Kildary PCE-831 Purple Navy fourteen September 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; sold for fleck, 1980
Kildwick PCE-832 Royal Navy 27 September 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; sunk while under tow, October 1983
Kilham PCE-833 Royal Navy 9 October 1943 1945 Built in 1943 for the United states Navy past the Pullman Car Company. Constructed of reinforced steel. Laid down 1943 Feb 26 as PCE-833 by the Pullman Standard Motorcar Co., Chicago, IL. Launched 1943 Baronial. Transferred 1943 Oct To Swell United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and commissioned HMS Kilham (Z 07); Reclassified BEC-vii. Returned 1946 to U.Southward. custody in December; Struck from the Navy Register in 1947. Sold 1949 to S/A Investment (FylkesbaataneSogne og Fjordane, Mgrs.) of Bergen, Norway. Converted 1950 renamed M/S Sognefjord rider transport. Sold 1958 to FylkesbataaneSogne og Fjordane of Bergen; Operated on the Norwegian westward coast until 1982. Sold 1982 to Filmeffekt A/South of Oslo, Kingdom of norway, and renamed Orion. Sold 1984 to M/South Orion Moving-picture show A/Due south of Bergen and laid upward. Sold 1987 to Matkat OY of Helsingfors, Finland. Sold 1991 to Orion Risteilyt O/Y of Hamina, Finland, and renamed Orion II. Sold 1996 to Jaako Mathias Eriksson of Honduras. Sold 1997 renamed ORIENT EXPLORER. Listed for sale in Sabah, Malaysia, 2019 for $129,000.
Kilkenzie PCE-834 Royal Navy 20 October 1943 July 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1948; sold for scrap, 1978
Kilkhampton PCE-835 Royal Navy thirty Oct 1943 1945 Returned to the United states, December 1946; fate unknown
Kilmacolm PCE-836 Royal Navy 6 November 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1952; fate unknown
Kilmarnock PCE-837 Royal Navy 13 November 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1949; wrecked 5 January 1951
Kilmartin PCE-838 Imperial Navy eleven December 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; sold for scrap, 12 June 1969
Kilmelford PCE-839 Purple Navy eight Dec 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1949; fate unknown
Kilmington PCE-840 Purple Navy 11 Dec 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1951; sold for scrap, 2007
Kilmore PCE-841 Royal Navy 24 December 1943 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; fate unknown
Marfa PCE-842 U.s.a. Navy 29 January 1944 17 August 1955 Transferred to South Korea, 18 December 1961; Sunk past Due north Korean shore bombardment fire, 19 January 1967[13]
Skowhegan PCE-843 The states Navy thirty January 1944 March 1955 Sold to a commercial interest, 1961; fate unknown
Worland PCE-845 United States Navy 1 March 1944 25 May 1964 Transferred to United States Navy Reserve as Naval Reserve Training Ship for 9th Naval District (Chicago) on 11 December 1950 and served on the Groovy Lakes. Transferred to Country of Due north Carolina, Cape Fear Technical Institute, Wilmington, NC, 6 Baronial 1964 and renamed R/Five Advance Two. Sold in 1980 to the Standard Products Co., Inc. of Wilmington, North Carolina. Donated to the North Carolina Partitioning of Marine Fisheries fifteen October 1993. Sunk 21 June 1994 off Kitty Hawk (Artificial Reef 145) as function of their bogus reef plan.
Eunice PCE 846 United States Navy 4 March 1944 Unknown Transferred to Ecuador, 29 November 1960; fate unknown
north/a PCE-847 The states Navy 18 March 1944 Unknown Transferred to Mexico, November 1947; fate unknown
n/a PCE-848 Us Navy 30 March 1944 March 1946 Sold for scrap, January 1947
Somersworth PCE-849 United states of america Navy eleven April 1944 September 1965 Sold for scrap, 1972
Fairview PCE-850 United States Navy 17 April 1944 ane May 1968 Sold to a commercial involvement, 1969; fate unknown
Rockville PCE-851 United States Navy 15 May 1944 21 December 1968 Transferred to Colombia, 1969 equally ARC San Andres (BO 151) before beingness sent to the Colombian Coast Guard. Decommissioned in the late 1980s.
Brattleboro PCE-852 United States Navy 26 May 1944 i November 1965 Transferred to South Vietnam, 11 July 1966; later fled to the Philippines in 1975 after the fall of South Vietnam; Agile every bit of 2021 November
Amherst PCE-853 United States Navy 15 June 1944 6 Feb 1970 Transferred to South Vietnam, iii June 1970; after fled to the Philippines in 1975 later on the autumn of South Vietnam; served in PhN as BRP Datu Marikudo, decommissioned 2010 December nine; equipment stripped for spares, hull sold for scrap
n/a PCE-854 United states Navy 4 January 1945 1945 Sold to a commercial interest, 1945; fate unknown
Rexburg PCE-855 United States Navy 1 November 1944 2 March 1970 Sold to a commercial involvement, 28 October 1970; final documented, 2009; fate unknown
Whitehall PCE-856 United States Navy 11 Nov 1944 1 July 1970 Transferred to Usa Navy Reserve as Naval Reserve Training Send for fourth Naval District (Philadelphia) July 1946. Decommissioned 1 July 1970 and sold to Eastern Seaboard Pile-Driving of Montvale and renamed Donna Marie. Converted to a tug in 1974. Sold to Standard Products Co. Inc. of Reedsville, Virginia, and renamed Atlantic Surf in 1980. Sold to Omega Protein Inc. of Hammond, Louisiana, and renamed Atlantic Shore. Fate unknown.
Marysville PCE-857 United States Navy 26 April 1945 July 1970 Sold to a commercial interest, 1975; terminal documented, 1995; fate unknown
Jackson PCE-858 United States NavyUnited States Declension Guard 16 May 1945 24 July 1947 Transferred to United States Coast Baby-sit to replace the sunken USCGC Jackson (WSC-142). Renamed USCGC Jackson (WPC-120), she was berthed at Curtis Bay, Maryland, until decommission due to lack of coiffure.

Sold to a commercial interest, 23 December 1947; fate unknown

due north/a PCE-859 United States Navy 10 March 1945 1947 Fate unknown
n/a PCE-867 United States Navy xx June 1943 Unknown Transferred to the Commonwealth of Mainland china, 7 Feb 1948; damaged in action with Communist Chinese forces 14 November 1965 and later scrapped
n/a PCE-868 United States Navy 31 Baronial 1943 29 October 1947 Transferred to Mexico, 8 November 1947; sold for scrap, 1995
due north/a PCE-869 United states Navy xix September 1943 ane July 1971 Transferred to Republic of China, 28 Baronial 1945; fate unknown
Dania PCE-870 United states of america Navy 5 October 1943 18 Oct 1946 Transferred to South Korea, nine December 1961; fate unknown[14]
northward/a PCE-871 The states Navy 29 Oct 1943 24 Nov 1947 Transferred to Mexico, 24 Nov 1947; sold for bit, 1965
n/a PCE-872 United States Navy 29 Nov 1943 Unknown Transferred to Cuba, one October 1947; fate unknown
n/a PCE-873 United states Navy 15 December 1943 1947 Transferred to South korea, i November 1974; fate unknown[fifteen]
Pascagoula PCE-874 U.s. Navy 31 Dec 1943 1 May 1959 Transferred to Ecuador, 5 Dec 1960; fate unknown
n/a PCE-875 United States Navy 19 January 1944 Unknown Transferred to United mexican states, November 1947; fate unknown
Lodestone PCE-876 U.s.a. Navy 10 June 1944 21 February 1975 Sold for scrap, one May 1976
Havre PCE-877 United states Navy 14 Feb 1944 1 July 1970 Transferred to United States Navy Reserve as Naval Reserve Training Ship for ninth Naval Commune (Chicago) in April 1954 and served on the Great Lakes until struck from Navy list 1 July 1970. Fate unknown.
Buttress PCE-878 United States Navy 13 March 1944 24 February 1947 Sold to a commercial involvement, 1952; sunk as a target, 1990s
Magnet PCE-879 United states Navy x July 1944 1975 Sunk as a target 4 March 1976
Ely PCE-880 U.s. Navy 29 April 1944 i July 1970 Transferred to Us Navy Reserve every bit Naval Reserve Training Transport for 9th Naval District (Chicago) in August 1947 and served on the Great Lakes. Transferred 3 September 1970 to the Country of Maine (Southern Maine Vocational Technical Constitute) S Portland, ME and renamed R/V Aqualab Ii. Sold in 1972 to Kirks Marine Enterprise, Inc. of Dover, Delaware. Sold in 1975 to Norman Industries, Inc. of Lafayette, Louisiana. Acquired in 1978 by Standard Products Co., Inc. of Kilmarnock, Virginia, and renamed Atlantic Mist. Acquired in 1989 past Ampro Fisheries, Inc. of Burgess, Virginia. Caused by Omega Protein, Inc. of Moss Bespeak, Mississippi. Sunk xvi Jan 2010 as part of an artificial reef approximately 26 miles southeast of Indian River Inlet, Delaware.
northward/a PCE-881 United States Navy 31 July 1944 Unknown Transferred to the Philippines, July 1948; commissioned as BRP Cebu, decommissioned 1 Oct 2019
n/a PCE-882 United States Navy 23 February 1945 Unknown Transferred to S Korea, 1 November 1974; fate unknown[16]
Deperm PCE-883 U.s. Navy 1945 21 February 1975 Sunk as a target, 22 September 1982
n/a PCE-884 U.s. Navy 30 March 1945 Unknown Transferred to the Philippines, in June 1948; commissioned as BRP Negros Occidental, decommissioned 2010 Dec 9, equipment stripped for spares, hull sold for scrap
n/a PCE-885 United States Navy thirty Apr 1945 Unknown Transferred to the Philippines, i June 1948; commissioned as RPS Leyte, ran aground and sank, 1979
Banning PCE-886 United States Navy 31 May 1945 1 May 1961 Became a museum ship, July 1961; sold to a commercial involvement, 1972; sank, 1 October 1973
n/a PCE-891 United states of america Navy 15 June 1944 Unknown Transferred to the Philippines, 1 June 1948; commissioned every bit BRP Pangasinan, decommissioned 2021 Mar one
Somerset PCE-892 United States Navy 8 July 1944 March 1955 Transferred to South Korea, 13 December 1961; fate unknown[17]
n/a PCE-893 United States Navy 25 July 1944 twenty November 1947 Transferred to Republic of cuba, 20 Nov 1947; fate unknown
Farmington PCE-894 Us Navy 10 Baronial 1944 19 Dec 1947 Transferred to United States Navy Reserve as Naval Reserve Training Ship for ninth Naval District (Chicago) in 1948 and served on the Great Lakes. Removed from Navy List on December ane, 1964. Transferred to Burma, 31 May 1965; sold for bit, 2000
Crestview PCE-895 United States Navy 30 October 1944 Unknown Transferred to South Vietnam 29 November 1961; escaped to the Philippines, 1975; commissioned in PhN equally BRP Sultan Kudarat, retired 2019 July 5
due north/a PCE-896 United States Navy 27 November 1944 Unknown Transferred to Republic of korea, i November 1974; fate unknown[xviii]
due north/a PCE-897 United States Navy 6 January 1945 Unknown Transferred to the Philippines in April 1948; commissioned in PhN as BRP Iloilo, decommissioned 2016 Sep, equipment stripped for spares, hull awaiting disposal
n/a PCE-898 United States Navy 24 January 1945 Unknown Transferred to Republic of korea 1 November 1974; fate unknown[19]
Lamar PCE-899 United States Navy 17 March 1945 30 September 1969 Transferred to United States Navy Reserve as Naval Reserve Training Transport for 9th Naval District (Milwaukee) on 13 December 1950 and served on the Great Lakes. Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 29 July 1964. Arrived Monterey, California 14 December 1965 as training vessel. Decommissioned 30 September 1969. Sold as fleck to Foison Industries Corporation in Taiwan 8 November 1971.
Groton PCE-900 United States Navy 12 April 1944 xix Baronial 1955 Sold to a commercial interest, 1975; abandoned near Reedville, Virginia
Parris Island PCE-901 Usa Navy 30 October 1944 19 June 1947 Sold to a commercial interest, xx January 1948; sold for scrap, 1990[xx]
Portage PCE-902 United States Navy 30 April 1945 1949 Transferred to United States Navy Reserve equally Naval Reserve Grooming Ship for ninth Naval District (Milwaukee) 7 May 1950 and served on the Bang-up Lakes until struck from Navy list 1 July 1970. Sold to Standard Products Co., Inc. of Kilmarnock, Virginia, and renamed Atlantic Venture. Acquired in 1989 by Ampro Fisheries, Inc. of Burgess, Virginia. Fate unknown.
Batesburg PCE-903 United States Navy sixteen May 1945 six September 1955 Transferred to South korea, 13 Dec 1961; fate unknown[21]
Gettysburg PCE-904 The states Navy 31 May 1945 two September 1955 Sold for scrap 23 June 1960

Citations [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gardiner & Chesneau 1980, p. 151
  2. ^ Friedman 1987, pp. 83, 85
  3. ^ a b c d Elliott 1977, p. 439
  4. ^ Elliott 1977, pp. 437, 439
  5. ^ a b Friedman 1987, p. 85
  6. ^ Lenton 1974, p. 58
  7. ^ "Centrolineal Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945". history.navy.mil . Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  8. ^ Friedman 1987, p. 481
  9. ^ Radigan, Joseph One thousand. "HMS Kilbernie (BEC 1) ex-PCE-827 ex-PC-827". Navsource Naval History. Retrieved 26 Apr 2014.
  10. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "HMS Kilbride (BEC 2) ex-PCE-828 ex-PC-828". Navsource Naval History. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  11. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "HMS Kilchatten (BEC three) ex-PCE-829 ex-PC-829". Navsource Naval History. Retrieved two May 2014.
  12. ^ "Sunnhordland - 180 pax - Maritime Tours".
  13. ^ "Noryang Patrol ships (1943-1946/1955-1961) Due south Korean Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 24 Jan 2018.
  14. ^ "Noryang Patrol ships (1943-1946/1955-1961) S Korean Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 Jan 2018.
  15. ^ "Noryang Patrol ships (1943-1946/1955-1961) South Korean Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 Jan 2018.
  16. ^ "Noryang Patrol ships (1943-1946/1955-1961) S Korean Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 Jan 2018.
  17. ^ "Noryang Patrol ships (1943-1946/1955-1961) Southward Korean Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 Jan 2018.
  18. ^ "Noryang Patrol ships (1943-1946/1955-1961) Due south Korean Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  19. ^ "Noryang Patrol ships (1943-1946/1955-1961) S Korean Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  20. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "Parris Island (AG 72) ex-PCE-901". Navsource Naval History. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  21. ^ "Noryang Patrol ships (1943-1946/1955-1961) South Korean Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

Sources [edit]

  • Friedman, Norman (1987). U.South. Small Combatants: Including PT-Boats, Subchasers and the Brown-Water Navy: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland, U.s.: Naval Institute Press. ISBN0-87021-713-5.
  • Elliott, Peter (1977). Allied Escort Ships of World State of war II: A complete survey. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN0-356-08401-9.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway'south All The World'south Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN0-85177-146-7.
  • Lenton, H. T. (1974). American Gunboats and Minesweepers. WW2 Fact Files. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN0-356-08064-i.

External links [edit]

  • http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/02idx.htm
  • http://world wide web.ww2pcsa.org/patrol-arts and crafts.html

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