WORLAND PCE 845

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.

PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort
Keel Laid July 24 1943 as Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue) (PCE(R))
Reclassified (Date unknown) as Patrol Craft Escort (PCE)
Launched December 13 1943


1. USS PCE-845
   Commissioned March 1 1944 - Decommissioned December 22 1947
   Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group
   Recommissioned December 11 1950
   
   
2. USS WORLAND PCE-845
   Named February 15 1956
   Decommissioned May 25 1964
   Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Group
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 1 1964
   
   
3. ADVANCE II  (Private)
   Acquired August 6 1964 by the State of North Carolina, Cape Fear Technical Institute, Wilmington NC and renamed
   
   Sold 1980 to the Standard Products Co. Inc. Wilmington, NC
   
   Donated to the North Carolina Department of Fisheries 1994
   Sunk 1994 off Kitty Hawk as part of their artificial reef program

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Types 2# and 9# (Br. #16044) devices prepared but never used

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A town in Bates County, Missouri

 

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