PCE-842-class patrol craft

PCEC-872
Class overview
Builders	Pullman Company, IL (34) Albina Engine Works, OR (20) Willamette Iron & Steel, OR (14)
Operators	United States Navy  United States Coast Guard  Royal Navy  Republic of 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-class frigate Malvar-class corvette
Built	1942–1945
Completed	68
Preserved	~2
General characteristics [1]
Displacement	850 long tons (860 t) standard, 903 long tons (917 t) full load
Length	180 ft (54.86 m) wl 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) oa
Beam	33 ft 1 in (10.08 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Propulsion	2 diesel engines, 2 shafts 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW) total
Speed	15.7 kn (29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph)
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	96
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 6 × Bofors 40 mm guns (3 twin mounts) 4 × 20 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine projector Depth charges

The PCE-842-class patrol craft escort was a United States Navy (USN) ship class of submarine chasers designed during World War II. The PCE-842-class was the only class ever designated by the USN as the "patrol craft escort" (PCE) type (a PCE-905-class was planned, but none of the operational vessels served under the nominal class). The PCE design was derived from the 180-foot (55 m) Admirable-class minesweeper to complement the 173-foot (53 m) PC-461-class submarine chasers that were used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) in coastal areas.^[1] At 185 feet long and 640 tons, the PCE is more than twice the displacement of the PC but with a less powerful engine also much slower; however, because of its larger size, the PCE was able to undertake longer-range tasks over PC-461-class vessels. The USN envisaged the PCE as enabling PCs and smaller vessels to undertake coastal patrols without being called-upon as often to perform open ocean and convoy escort duties, while simultaneously freeing-up some larger vessels - such as destroyer escorts and destroyers - from convoy ASW duties. The PCE-482-class had a standard crew complement of 99 officers and men. The class would ultimately see 68 total vessels built, serving with multiple navies around the world.