USS PCE-893

USS PCE-893 was a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed Siboney (H 101) after being acquired by the Cuban Navy on 20 November 1947.

USS PCE-893
History
United States
Name	PCE-893
Builder	Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland
Laid down	27 October 1942
Launched	8 May 1943
Commissioned	25 July 1944
Reclassified	PCEC-893
Fate	Transferred to Cuban Navy, 20 November 1947
History
Cuba
Name	Siboney
Namesake	Siboney
Acquired	20 November 1947
Reclassified	PE 202
Identification	Pennant number: H 101
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	PCE-842-class patrol craft
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	Main: 2 × GM 12-278A diesel engines Auxiliary: 2 × GM 6-71 diesel engines with 100KW gen and 1 × GM 3-268A diesel engine with 60KW gen
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	1 × Mk.26 3"/50 caliber gun dual purpose gun 3 × single Bofors 40 mm gun 4 × Mk.10 Oerlikon 20 mm guns 4 × M2 .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns

History

PCE-893 was laid down by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland on 27 October 1942 and launched on 8 May 1943. She was commissioned on 25 July 1944 and assigned to the west coast.

In September 1945, she was assigned to the Philippine Sea Frontier for monitoring weather and planes.

From mid-1947, she was homeported in New Orleans.

After the war, she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidation Commission and later sold to Cuba and renamed Siboney (H 101) in the early 1950s. She was reclassified to (PE 202).^[1]

References

1. "PCE-893". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-04-27.