Allied Warships

USS PCE(R)-853 (PCE(R)-853)

Patrol craft of the Patrol Craft Escort class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPatrol Craft Escort 
PennantPCE(R)-853 
Built byPullman Standard Car Co. (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Nov 1943 
Launched18 Mar 1944 
Commissioned15 Jun 1944 
End service6 Feb 1970 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned in October 1945
Recommissioned on 28 November 1950
Decommissioned on 6 February 1970
Stricken on 3 June 1970 and transferred to South Vietnam, being renamed Van Kiep II
Escaped to the Philippines after fall of South Vietnam and renamed Datu Marikudo
Still in service in 2003

 

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