Allied Warships

USS PCE-899 (PCE-899)

Patrol craft of the Patrol Craft Escort class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPatrol Craft Escort 
PennantPCE-899 
Built byWillamette Iron and Steel Corp. (Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.) 
Ordered7 May 1942 
Laid down11 Jan 1943 
Launched11 Aug 1943 
Commissioned17 Mar 1945 
End service28 May 1964 
History

Decommissioned on 16 December 1949
Recommissioned on 13 December 1960
Decommissioned on 28 May 1964
Stricken in June 1964
Transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 29 July 1964 and commissioned as USCGC Lamar (WTR-899)
Decommissioned by the United States Coast Guard in September 1969

 

Commands listed for USS PCE-899 (PCE-899)

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1Lt. Charles E. Pigg, Jr., USNR17 Mar 1945

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