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USS PCE-893

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USS PCE-893
History
United States
NamePCE-893
BuilderWillamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland
Laid down27 October 1942
Launched8 May 1943
Commissioned25 July 1944
ReclassifiedPCEC-893
FateTransferred to Cuban Navy, 20 November 1947
History
Cuba
NameSiboney
NamesakeSiboney
Acquired20 November 1947
ReclassifiedPE 202
IdentificationPennant number: H 101
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Class and typePCE-842-class patrol craft
Displacement914 Tons (Full Load)
Length184.5 ft (56.2 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9.75 ft (2.97 m)
Installed power2,200 hp (1,600 kW)
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
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (maximum),
Range6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement79
Armament

USS PCE-893 was a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed Siboney (H 101) after being acquired by the Cuban Navy on 20 November 1947.

History

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PCE-893 was laid down by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland on 27 October 1942 and launched on 8 May 1943. She was commissioned on 25 July 1944 and assigned to the west coast.

In September 1945, she was assigned to the Philippine Sea Frontier for monitoring weather and planes.

From mid-1947, she was homeported in New Orleans.

After the war, she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidation Commission and later sold to Cuba and renamed Siboney (H 101) in the early 1950s. She was reclassified to (PE 202).[1]

References

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  1. ^ "PCE-893". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-04-27.