Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
USS PCE-899
- 184' class Patrol Craft, Escort:
- Displacement: 860 tons (full load)
- Length: 184'6"
- Beam: 33'
- Draft: 9'6"
- Speed: 14.5 knots
- Armament: 1 3"/50 DP, 2-3 40mm, 4-5 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks, 4 single and 1 multiple depth charge projectors
- Complement:
- Diesel engines, twin screws, 900 shaft hp
- Built at Willamette Iron & Steel, and commissioned 17 March 1945
- PCE-899 was designed as a weather ship, with a balloon inflation room on the upper deck, abaft the bridge
- Became USCG Lamar 29 July 1964
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Last updated:
January 20, 2000