Allied Warships

USS PCE-870 (PCE-870)

Patrol craft of the Patrol Craft Escort class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPatrol Craft Escort 
PennantPCE-870 
Built byAlbina Engine & Machine Works (Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.) 
Ordered7 May 1942 
Laid down30 Nov 1942 
Launched27 Feb 1943 
Commissioned5 Oct 1943 
End service 
History

Transferred to South Korea in 1961 being renamed Pyok Pa

 

Commands listed for USS PCE-870 (PCE-870)

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CommanderFromTo
1Oscar Merle Shirey, Jr., USNR5 Oct 1943early 1944
2J. M. Fulton, USNRearly 1944mid 1944
3Dwight C. McKeown, USNRmid 1944mid 1945
4Lt. Howard. R. Bullen, USNRmid 1945mid/late45

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