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INFORMATION ON WWII PCEs
180-FOOT, PATROL CRAFT ESCORT
(PCE)
| Length |
180 feet |
| Beam |
33 feet |
| Displacement |
640 TONS |
| Engines |
Two 900-bhp geared diesel
engines |
| Speed |
15 knots |
| Endurance |
4,000 nautical Miles
@ 15 knots |
| Complement |
10 officers, 100 enlisted |
| Armament: Main Battery |
One 3-inch/50 Dual Purpose |
| Secondary |
Three twin 40 mm &
5 single 20 mm |
| Depth Charges |
Ten 300-pound; 4 K-guns |
WORLD WAR II PCE PROGRAM
| Ordered |
Cancelled |
Delivered |
| 134 |
66 |
68 |
LEND-LEASE PROGRAM
Cost each - $1,960,000
US NAVY CONVERSIONS (44)
- PCE (R) 13
Added a pharmacy, surgical operating room, quiet room, a 50-bunk
ward, one medical officer and 12 hospital corpsmen.
PCEC 9
Added radio/communications equipment and additional radio and
signalmen.
PCE (Weather) 17
Added an Aerologic office, balloon inflation room and weather
balloon launching platform.
Non-combatant 5
3 YDG (Deperming Vessel); 1 ACM (Drill Minelayer and Mine Recovery)
and 1 AG (Logistic Support)
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