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History
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United States
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Name
| PCE-842
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Builder
| Pullman Standard Car
, Chicago
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Laid down
| 12 June 1943
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Launched
| 14 November 1943
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Commissioned
| 29 January 1944
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Renamed
| USS
Marfa
(PCE-842), 15 February 1956
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Fate
| Transferred to
South Korea
, 13 December 1961
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History
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South Korea
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Name
| Dangpo
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Acquired
| 13 December 1961
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Fate
| Sunk by North Korean coastal artillery, 19 January 1967
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General characteristics
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Class and type
| PCE-842
-class patrol craft
(in U.S. Navy service)
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Displacement
| 914 Tons (Full Load)
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Length
| 184.5 ft (56.2 m)
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Beam
| 33 ft (10 m)
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Draft
| 9.75 ft (2.97 m)
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Installed power
| 2,200 hp (1,600 kW)
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Propulsion
|
- Main: 2 × GM 12-278A diesel engines
- Auxiliary: 2 × GM 6-71 diesel engines with 100KW gen and 1 × GM 3-268A diesel engine with 60KW gen
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Speed
| 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (maximum),
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Range
| 6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
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Complement
| 79
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Armament
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ROKS
Dangpo
(PCEC 56)
was a patrol craft of the
Republic of Korea Navy
(ROKN). Originally built as
USS
PCE-842
, a
PCE-842
-class
patrol craft
for the
United States Navy
during
World War II
.
Dangpo
was acquired by South Korea on 13 December 1961 and sunk by
North Korean
coastal artillery fire on 19 January 1967.
History
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U.S. service
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PCE-842 was laid down by
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co.
on 12 June 1943; reclassified PCE(R)?842 on 19 June 1943; again reclassified PCE?842 on 15 July 1943; launched 14 November 1943; placed in ferry commission 14 November 1943 for transfer down the
Mississippi River
; and commissioned at
New Orleans
, on 29 January 1944, Lt. G. C. Homans in command.
After shakedown along the mast of Florida, PCE?842 departed
Key West
15 March 1944 for convoy escort duty under the
4th Fleet
out of
Trinidad
,
British West Indies
. It reached Teteron Bay 20 March and on the 31st sailed on its initial escort run. For the next 6 months, PCE?842 guarded convoys between Trinidad and
Recife
,
Brazil
, conducting intensive antisubmarine training between escort voyages.
Arriving Key West 3 December, she left Florida 21 January 1945 with three sister ships for the
Panama Canal
and
Hollandia
,
New Guinea
, arriving 1 March. Nine days later it sailed via the
Palaus
for duty with the local defense forces of the Philippine sea frontier, and for the remainder of the war conducted antisubmarine patrols and gave escort service for the massive volume of shipping moving about the Philippines.
Following the
Surrender of Japan
, PCE?842 remained in the western Pacific as a weather station ship, ranging from the Philippines to the
Marshall Islands
. It returned to
San Pedro
, California, 29 August 1947, then sailed via the Panama Canal for New Orleans, arriving 28 September.
PCE?842 decommissioned at New Orleans 7 November 1947 and immediately began duty as a
Naval Reserve
training ship, cruising the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, and visiting Mexico and Cuba.
PCE?842 trained the Naval Reserve until 13 June 1955, when it sailed to
Green Cove Springs
to enter the
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
17 August. While berthed at Green Cove Springs, it was named
Marfa
(PCE?842) on 15 February 1956 after
Marfa, Texas
. On 20 March 1961 it was authorized for transfer to
South Korea
. The ship's name was struck from the
Navy list
on 1 June 1961.
South Korean service
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Under terms of the
Military Assistance Program
, the ship was transferred to South Korea on 13 December 1961. Commissioned as ROKS
Dangpo
(PCEC 56), it served in the ROKN until its sinking in the
Sea of Japan
, north of the maritime demarcation line off the eastern coast of the
Korean Peninsula
by
North Korean
coastal artillery
on 19 January 1967. Thirty-nine of the 79-man crew were killed.
References
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This article incorporates text from the
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
. The entry can be found
here
.