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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS PCE(R)-853
Commissioned June 15 1944 - Decommissioned October 1945
Placed in service-in reserve in December 1947 as a reserve training ship
Recommissioned November 28 1950
USS AMHERST PCE(R)-853
Named February 15 1956 - Decommissioned February 6 1970

Struck from the Navy Register June 3 1970
VAN KIEP II HQ-14
Transferred to South Vietnam June 3 1970
BRP DATU MARIKUDO PS-23
Escaped to the Philippines after fall of South Vietnam (1975) and renamed
Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1964)

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

2nd Commissioning November 28 1950 to February 6 1970

No Postmarks Reported

Double-ring CDS

Port Huron MI

1964-07-18

N/A

Anti-Submarine War (ASW) Games 1964. Participants include USS Runner SS-476, USS Amherst PCE(R)-853, USS Havre PCE-877, USS Ely PCE-880, USS Farmington PCE-894, USS Portage PCE-902 and USS Daniel A. Joy DE-585.

Other Information

USS PCE(R) earned two battle stars for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Towns in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia, and a county in Virginia.

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