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U.S.S. FAIRVIEW

(PCER-850)

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USS FAIRVIEW (PCER-850) - a PCER-848 class armed rescue ship

In Commission 1944 to 1968

PCER-850 Deployments - Major Events

Add a PCER-850 Shellback Initiation Add a PCER-850 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1943-Keel Date: 6 OCT 1943
at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co. Chicago Illino
FEB1944-Launch Date: 8 FEB 1944
APR1944-Commissioned: 17 APR 1944
JUN1944-Shellback Initiation - 3 JUN 1944 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1944-Shellback Initiation - 8 NOV 1944 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1948-DEC1949North Atlantic
MAY1968-Decommissioned: 1 MAY 1968

PCER-850 General Specifications

Class: PCER-848 class armed rescue ship

Complement: 99 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 903 tons

Length: 184 feet 6 inches

Beam: 33 feet 1 inches

Draft: 9 feet 5 in

Final Disposition: Sold