USS PCE-898
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Name | PCE-898 |
Builder | Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland |
Laid down | 16 December 1942 |
Launched | 3 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 24 January 1945 |
Reclassified | PCEC-898 |
Stricken | 15 November 1974 |
Fate | Transferred to South Korean Navy, 1 November 1974 |
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Name | Okpo |
Namesake | Okpo |
Acquired | 1 November 1974 |
Commissioned | 1 November 1974 |
Identification | Pennant number: PCEC 55 |
Fate | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | PCE-842-class patrol craft |
Displacement | 914 Tons (Full Load) |
Length | 184.5 ft (56.2 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9.75 ft (2.97 m) |
Installed power | 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (maximum), |
Range | 6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 79 |
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USS PCE-898 was a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed Okpo (PCEC 55) after being acquired by the South Korean Navy on 1 November 1974.
History[]
PCE-898 was laid down by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland on 16 December 1942 and launched on 3 August 1943. She was commissioned on 24 January 1945.
After the war, she was transferred to South Korea and renamed Okpo (PCEC 55) on 1 November 1974.[1]
References[]
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Categories:
- 1943 ships
- PCE-842-class patrol craft