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Placerville (PC 1087)
ex-PC-1087

Call sign:
November - Foxtrot - Tango - Bravo

Placerville served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

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Decommissioned 20 February 1947 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, Oregon

Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as December 1947

Named Placerville 15 February 1956

Transferred 16 July 1957 to Taiwan on loan under the Military Assistance Program and renamed Tung Kiang (PC-119)

Struck from the Naval Register 15 April 1976

Sold outright to Taiwan 1 May 1976

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 280 t.(lt), 450 t.(fl)

Length 173' 8"

Beam 23'

Draft 10' 10"

Speed 20.2 kts.

Complement 65

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectors, and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 1,440bhp General Motors 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14240 and 14241), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.

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Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	31k	.		Chinese Navy
	43k	c. 1965

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