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PC-1644


PC-1644 built in Denmark.


Call sign:
Oscar - Uniform - Echo - Papa
PC-1638 Class Submarine Chaser/Peder Skram Class Frigate

  • Laid down in 1964 as PC-1644 by Helsingør Verft (Elsinore Ship Yard), Elsinore, Denmark of Danish design in cooperation with the U. S. Naval Material Command
  • Launched 2 May 1965
  • Commissioned HDMS Peder Skram (F 352), 25 May 1966
  • Decommissioned 5 July 1990
  • Sold 7 April 1992 for use as a museum ship
  • Presently a museum ship at Holman, Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 2,425 t.
  • Length 370'
  • Beam 39' 3"
  • Draft 12' 1"
  • Speed with Combined Diesel or Gas Turbines (CODOG) 32.7 kts. (max.), on diesels 16 kts. at 800 rpm
  • Complement 207
  • Armament - Two dual 5"/38 mounts, four 40mm mounts, four 21" torpedo tubes, one 51mm rocket launcher (Illumination), and one depth charge launchers aft
    After conversion - one 5"/38 dual mount, four 40mm mounts, two 20mm mounts, four 21" torpedo tubes, one 51mm rocket launcher (Illumination), eight Harpoon Surface-to-Surface Missiles (2x4), eight Sea Sparrow Surface-to-Air Missiles (1x8), and one depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Two 44,000hp Pratt and Whitney gas turbine and two 4,800hp General Motors 16V567D diesel engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    HDMS Peder Skram (F 352)
    F-352 50k Royal Danish Navy photos Danish Navy
    F-352 42k
    PC-1644/F-352 313k c. 1967
    Royal Danish Navy photos from the 1967/1968 edition of Janes Fighting Ships    		 Robert Hurst
    PC-1644/F-352 204k
    PC-1644/F-352 213k c. 1969
    In British waters
    Photo by Wright and Logan, Southsea, England from the 1969/1970 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships
    PC-1644/F-352 127k c. 1970
    Royal Danish Navy photo
    Museum Ship Peder Skram
    PC-1644/F-352 194k The museum ship HDMS Peder Skram (F352) at its current location in Copenhagen Holmen, 6 August 2007
    Photo by Julian Herzog    		 Robert Hurst
    PC-1644/F-352 133k The museum ship HDMS Peder Skram (F352) at its current location in Copenhagen Holmen, 12 August 2007
    Photo by Franjklogos
    PC-1644/F-352 164k 13 October 2007
    Holman, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Museum Ship Peder Skram
    Photo courtesy Mahlum
    There is no DANFS history available for PC-1644
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