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U.S.S. BRATTLEBORO
(PCER-852)TONIGHTS SECRET TOMORROWS SUCCESS
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USS BRATTLEBORO (PCER-852) - a PCE(R)-848-class patrol craft (in U.S. Navy service)
In Commission 1944 to 1965PCER-852 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a PCER-852 Shellback Initiation | Add a PCER-852 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCT | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 28 OCT 1943 at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co. Chicago IL | ||
| MAR | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 1 MAR 1944 | ||
| MAY | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 26 MAY 1944 | ||
| JUN | 1944 | - | JUN | 1944 | U-505 POWS delivered from Bermuda to Norfolk |
| OCT | 1944 | - | DEC | 1944 | Leyte Gulf |
| JAN | 1945 | - | FEB | 1945 | Lingayen Gulf Invasion |
| APR | 1945 | - | MAY | 1945 | Okinawa Campaign |
| NOV | 1945 | - | NOV | 1945 | Arrrived at Home Port Philadelphia PA |
| JAN | 1946 | - | JAN | 1946 | NAVY CROSS awarded to LT Henry J .IRWIN USNR first C.O. |
| NOV | 1965 | - | Decommissioned: 1 NOV 1965 | ||
PCER-852 General Specifications
Class: PCE(R)-848-class patrol craft (in U.S. Navy service)
Complement: 85 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 914 tons
Length: 184.5 feet
Beam: 33 feet
Draft: 9.75 feet
Range: 6 600 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Escaped to the to Philippines after fall of South Vietnam 1975