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History | |
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United States | |
Name | PCE-842 |
Builder | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago |
Laid down | 12 June 1943 |
Launched | 14 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 29 January 1944 |
Renamed | USS Marfa (PCE-842), 15 February 1956 |
Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 13 December 1961 |
South Korea | |
Name | Dangpo |
Acquired | 13 December 1961 |
Fate | Sunk by North Korean coastal artillery, 19 January 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | PCE-842-class patrol craft (in U.S. Navy service) |
Displacement | 914 tons (Full Load) |
Length | 184.5 ft (56.2 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9.75 ft (2.97 m) |
Installed power | 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (maximum), |
Range | 6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 79 |
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.