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

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Patrol craft
Class	Patrol Craft Escort
Pennant	PCE(R)-853
Mod	Patrol Craft Rescue
Built by	Pullman Standard Car Co. (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 May 1942
Laid down	16 Nov 1943
Launched	18 Mar 1944
Commissioned	15 Jun 1944
End service	6 Feb 1970
History	Decommissioned in November 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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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. William Wilmot Boynton, USNR	15 Jun 1944	22 Jun 1945
2	Lt. D. Solomon, USNR	22 Jun 1945	Nov 1945

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