PCE-842-class patrol craft

Class overview
PCEC-872
Builders:	Pullman Standard Car, Chicago Albina, Portland Willamette Iron & Steel
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 Navy Philippine Navy Myanmar Navy
Built:	1942–1945
Completed:	68
General characteristics ^[1]
Displacement:	850 long tons (860 t)
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 (2.74 m)
Propulsion:	2 shaft diesel engines 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
Speed:	14.3 kn (26.5 km/h; 16.5 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 Patrol Craft Escort was a World War II naval ship that was intended as a coastal and convoy escort. It was derived from the 180 foot Admirable-class minesweeper as a substitute for the 173 foot PC-461-class submarine chaser that was 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. It has a crew complement of 99 officers and men.

Development and design

The Admirable class had been developed as a smaller minesweeper than the Raven-class and Auk-class minesweepers, which would be cheaper and easier to build, while still having good seakeeping capabilities in high seas. An escort derivative of the new design was proposed for supply under the Lend-Lease scheme to Britain's Royal Navy (which had already rejected the Admirable -class as minesweepers), and when the US Navy realized that a shortage of engines might prevent it from receiving additional PC-461-class submarine chaser beyond those already on order, it was decided to build the escort variant, designated as PCEs (Patrol Craft Escort) for both the US Navy and Royal Navy.^[1]^[2]

Engines

The PCE has two 1,000 HP diesel engines driving two shafts and two propellers giving it a 16 knots maximum sustained speed and a range of 8,000 miles at cruising speed of 13 knots.

Armaments

The usual PCE armaments are a dual-purpose 3"/50 cannon, three 40mm Anti-Aircraft guns, four 20mm guns, and two depth charge tracks. Some were later fitted with torpedoes, rockets, hedge hogs, and Heavy Machine Guns.

Detection equipment

The PCE was fitted with radar, and sonar and other detection equipment for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW).

Conversions

Some PCEs later were converted to PCE(R), Rescue Escorts, and to Amphibious Control Vessels, PCE(C)that were used in many U.S. amphibious landing operations in World War II specially Leyte Gulf and Normandy.

Production

Sixty Eight (68) Patrol Craft Escorts were built for the US Navy, and seventeen (17) were delivered under the Lend-Lease Program to Allies during World War II. The PCEs proved to be an inexpensive substitute for larger and more valuable DD's and DE's in convoy escort work.

Philippine Navy

In 2014, the Philippine Navy still operates the Miguel Malvar class with six PCE's as gun corvettes, with all the ships' ASW equipment already removed. The PCE is the most numerous major ship class of the Philippine Navy that, at one time, numbered more than ten vessels.

Ships

Hull Number	Name	Builder^[3]	Laid Down^[3]	Launched^[3]	Completed^[3]	Notes
PCE-827	HMS Kilbirnie	Pullman Standard Car	14 October 1942	2 May 1943	14 July 1943	Sold commercially 1947 Norwegian Passenger ship MS Haugesund Sold Italy 1973, Sicilia Ponte Sold 1982, Tucalif Scrapped 1997^[4]^[5]
PCE-828	HMS Kilbride	Pullman Standard Car	17 November 1942	15 May 1943	31 July 1943	Sold commercially 1947 Norwegian Passenger ship MS Jylland Sold Turkey 1984, Kibris Sold Greece 1986, Princess Lydia Scrapped 1986^[6]
PCE-829	HMS Kilchatten	Pullman Standard Car	7 December 1942	27 May 1943	16 August 1943	Sold commercially 1947 Norwegian Passenger ship MS Stavanger Sold Finland, Kong Sverre, later Capri Corne, scrapped in Finland 1983.^[7]
PCE-830	HMS Kilchrenan	Pullman Standard Car	24 December 1942	13 June 1943	31 August 1943	Sold commercially 1947 Norwegian Passenger ship MS Sunnhordland Sold Finland, Kristina Brahe, 1974, Brahe, 2010.
PCE-831	HMS Kildary	Pullman Standard Car	16 January 1943	26 June 1943	14 September 1943	Sold commercially 1947, 1947 Rio Vouga, sold Denmark, 1979, Exportrader, scrapped 1980.
PCE-832	HMS Kildwick	Pullman Standard Car	5 February 1943	10 July 1943	27 September 1943	Sold commercially 1948 Norwegian Passenger ship MS Sunnfjord 1977, Sunnfjord II, Sold Norway 1978, Sold to A/S Scansiris, Oslo/Grimstad, 19. October 1983, Kildwick, the ship sunk outside Jæren, Norway 22. October 1983
PCE-833	HMS Kilham	Pullman Standard Car	26 February 1943	2 August 1943	9 October 1943	Sold commercially 1949 Norwegian Passenger ship MS Sognefjord sold Norway 1982, Orion, sold Finland 1987, sold to Orion Risteilyt O/Y, Hamina, Finland 1991, Orion II, sold 1996 Honduras, sold 1997 Thailand, Explorer, 2004 Orient Explorer, now located in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
PCE-834	HMS Kilkenzie	Pullman Standard Car	12 March 1943	19 August 1943	20 October 1943	Sold 1946 to the Armand Pittman Co., sold 1948 Giertsen and Co., Bergen, Norway, converted to a cargo ship, Nadodd, sold 1952 to Southern Lines Ltd., Philippines, General Wright, sold 1967 Sweet Line, Philippines , Sweet Sail, scrapped at Manila April 1978.
PCE-835	HMS Kilkhampton	Pullman Standard Car	30 March 1943	3 September 1943	30 October 1943
PCE-836	HMS Kilmacolm^[8]	Pullman Standard Car	12 April 1943	17 September 1943	6 November 1943	Sold commercially 1970, Rio Agueda, 1978 Rio Star.
PCE-837	HMS Kilmarnock	Pullman Standard Car	23 April 1943	1 October 1943	13 November 1943
PCE-838	HMS Kilmartin	Pullman Standard Car	4 May 1943	13 October 1943	20 November 1943
PCE-839	HMS Kilmelford	Pullman Standard Car	13 May 1943	23 October 1943	8 December 1943
PCE-840	HMS Kilmington	Pullman Standard Car	24 May 1943	2 November 1943	11 December 1943
PCE-841	HMS Kilmore	Pullman Standard Car	3 June 1943	9 November 1943	24 December 1943
PCE-842	USS Marfa	Pullman Standard Car	12 June 1943	14 November 1943	12 January 1944
PCE-843	USS Skowhegan	Pullman Standard Car	25 June 1943	24 November 1943	15 January 1944
PCE-844	-	Pullman Standard Car	8 July 1943	1 December 1943	29 January 1944
PCE-845	USS Worland	Pullman Standard Car	24 July 1943	13 December 1943	12 February 1944
PCE-846	USS Eunice	Pullman Standard Car	10 August 1943	20 December 1943	19 February 1944
PCE-847	-	Pullman Standard Car	24 August 1943	27 December 1943	4 March 1944
PCER-848	-	Pullman Standard Car	7 September 1943	21 January 1944	18 March 1944
PCE(R)-849	USS Somersworth	Pullman Standard Car	24 September 1943	31 January 1944	29 March 1944
PCE(R)-850	USS Somersworth	Pullman Standard Car	6 October 1943	8 February 1944	6 April 1944
EPCE-851	USS Rockville	Pullman Standard Car	18 October 1943	22 February 1944	23 April 1944
EPCE(R)-852	USS Brattleboro	Pullman Standard Car	28 October 1943	1 March 1944	13 May 1944
PCE(R)-853	USS Amherst	Pullman Standard Car	16 November 1943	18 March 1944	31 May 1944
PCER-854	-	Pullman Standard Car	24 November 1943	27 March 1944	7 December 1944
EPCE(R)-855	USS Rexburg	Pullman Standard Car	8 December 1943	10 April 1944	13 October 1944
PCE-856	USS Whitehall	Pullman Standard Car	17 December 1943	21 April 1944	10 November 1944
EPCE(R)-857	USS Marysville	Pullman Standard Car	21 December 1943	4 May 1944	30 March 1945
PCE-858	-	Pullman Standard Car	3 January 1944	13 May 1944	23 April 1945
PCE(R)-859	-	Pullman Standard Car	14 January 1944	28 November 1944	26 January 1945
PCE(R)-859	-	Pullman Standard Car	25 January 1944	30 January 1945	3 March 1945
PCE-867	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	8 July 1942	3 December 1942	20 June 1943
PCE-868	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	11 August 1942	29 January 1943	31 August 1943
PCE-869	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	2 September 1942	6 February 1943	19 September 1943
PCE-870	USS Dania	Albina Engine and Machinery	30 November 1942	27 February 1943	5 October 1943
PCE-871	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	3 December 1942	10 March 1943	29 October 1943
PCE-872	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	30 January 1943	24 March 1943	29 November 1943
PCE(C)-873	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	6 February 1943	5 May 1943	15 December 1943
PCE-874	USS Pascagoula	Albina Engine and Machinery	1 March 1943	11 May 1943	31 December 1943
PCE-875	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	10 March 1943	27 May 1943	19 January 1944
PCE-876	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	24 March 1943	16 July 1943	10 June 1944
PCE(C)-877	USS Havre	Albina Engine and Machinery	6 May 1943	11 August 1943	14 February 1944
PCE-878	USS Buttress	Albina Engine and Machinery	11 May 1943	26 August 1943	13 March 1944
PCE-879	USS Magnet	Albina Engine and Machinery	27 May 1943	30 September 1943	10 July 1944
PCE-880	USS Ely	Albina Engine and Machinery	12 August 1943	27 October 1943	29 April 1944
PCE-881	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	11 August 1943	10 November 1943	31 July 1944
PCE-882	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	26 August 1943	3 December 1943	23 February 1945
PCE-883	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	30 September 1943	14 January 1944	13 November 1944
PCE-884	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	27 October 1943	24 February 1944	30 March 1944
PCE-885	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	25 February 1944	20 June 1944	30 April 1944
PCEC-886	-	Albina Engine and Machinery	29 March 1944	10 July 1944	31 May 1945
PCE-891	-	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	28 October 1942	24 April 1943	15 June 1944
PCE-892	USS Somerset	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	28 October 1942	1 May 1943	8 July 1944
PCE-893	-	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	27 October 1942	10 July 1943	25 July 1944
PCE-894	USS Farmington	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	7 December 1942	15 May 1943	10 August 1944
PCE-895	USS Crestview	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	2 December 1942	18 May 1943	30 August 1944
PCE(C)-896	-	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	2 December 1942	22 May 1943	27 November 1944
PCE-897	-	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	16 December 1942	3 August 1943	6 January 1945
PCE-898	-	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	16 December 1942	3 August 1943	24 January 1945
PCE-899	USS Lamar	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	11 January 1943	11 August 1943	17 March 1945
PCE-900	USS Groton	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	11 January 1943	11 August 1943	12 April 1945
PCE-901	USS Parris Island	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	10 May 1943	8 July 1943	30 October 1944	Completed as Auxiliary USS Parris Island (AG-72). Decommissioned 1947, sold commercially M/V Parris Island^[9]
PCE-902	USS Portage	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	29 January 1943	28 August 1943	30 April 1945
PCE-903	USS Batesburg	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	18 February 1943	6 September 1943	16 May 1945
PCE-904	USS Gettysburg	Willamette Iron and Steel Works	18 February 1943	9 September 1943	31 May 1945

References

1 2 3 Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 151.
↑ Friedman 1987, pp. 83, 85.
1 2 3 4 Friedman 1987, pp. 481–482.
↑ Friedman 1987, p. 481.
↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "HMS Kilbernie (BEC 1) ex-PCE-827 ex-PC-827". Navsource Naval History. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "HMS Kilbride (BEC 2) ex-PCE-828 ex-PC-828". Navsource Naval History. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "HMS Kilchatten (BEC 3) ex-PCE-829 ex-PC-829". Navsource Naval History. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
↑ "HMS Kilmacolm (BEC 10)". NavSource.
↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "Parris Island (AG 72) ex-PCE-901". Navsource Naval History. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

Friedman, Norman (1987). U.S. Small Combatants: Including PT-Boats, Subchasers and the Brown-Water Navy: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institure Press. ISBN 0-87021-713-5.
Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

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