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PCE(R)-848
ex-PCE-848



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Mike - Victor
PCE(R)-848 Class Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue):

  • Originally planned as PCE-848 but reclassified PCE(R)-848 in June 1943
  • Laid down 7 September 1943 by the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, IL
  • Launched 21 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS PCE(R)-848, 30 March 1944
  • General Douglas MacArthur had directed his chief signal officer, Major General Spencer B. Akin, to form a fleet command post to facilitate communications during complex land, sea, and air attacks.
    Most of the ships designated for this duty belonged to the Army
  • The Navy, realizing that the hospital space on the PCE(R) could easily be converted into a communications center, assigned PCE(R)s 848, 849, and 850 to the operational control of General Headquarters,
    Southwest Pacific Areas
  • Conversion started 17 June 1944 at Brisbane, Australia and work was completed in mid-September 1944
  • On 30 September 1944, PCE(R)s 848 and 849 sailed to Hollandia, New Guinea
  • Damaged 27 October 1944 by horizontal bomber off the coast of New Guinea at 11° 11' N., 125° 05' E.
  • Present in Tokyo Bay during Japanese surrender ceremony in September 1945
  • Decommissioned in March 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal in January 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 850 t.
  • Length 184' 6"
  • Beam 33' 1"
  • Draft 9' 5"
  • Speed 15.7 kts.
  • Complement 99
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose mount and two 40mm mounts
  • Propulsion: Two 1,000bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    PCE(R)-848 56k 12 October 1944
    Humboldt Bay, Hollandia, New Guinea
    As part of the task forces preparing to depart for the Leyte invasion. These photos are a pictorial story of the crew and equipment of PCE(R)-848
    U.S. Army Signal Corps photos SC288925, SC288926, SC288927, SC288928, SC288929, SC288930, SC288931, SC288932, SC288933, SC288934, SC288935, SC288936, SC288937,
    SC288938, SC288939, SC288940 and SC288941 from the National Archives    		 John Chiquoine
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    There is no DANFS History currently available for PCE(R)-848
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