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USCGC Jackson (WPC-120)

Jackson call sign:
Nan - Roger - Love - Victor

ex-USS PCE(R)-858

PCE(R)-858 call sign:
Nan - Yoke - How - Yoke

ex-USS PCE-858

PCE(R)-858 served both the Navy and Coast Guard.

PCE-848 Class Patrol Craft Escort:

Originally planned as PCE-858 but reclassified PCE(R)-858 in June 1943

Laid down 3 January 1944 at Pullman Standard Car Mfg., Chicago, IL

Launched 13 May 1944

Delivered in April 1945

Commissioned USS PCE(R)-858, 16 May 1945

Decommissioned 28 February 1946, transferred to the Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Jackson (WPC-120)

Struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1946

Decommissioned 24 July 1947

Sold 23 December 1947

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 903 t.

Length 184' 6"

Beam 33' 1"

Draft 9' 5"

Speed 15.7 kts.

Complement 99

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, and two depth charge projectors

Propulsion: Two 1,000bhp General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.

Size	Image Description	Source
132k	c. November/December 1945 Charleston, SC Photos from the collection of George Williams, USS Murray [DD 576]	John Chiquoine Photos added 25 November 2019
119k
99k
28k
121k
75k	c. 1946 Curtis Bay, MD Just after transfer to the Coast Guard	Ken Laesser