USSPCE-867

USSPCE-867
History
United States
Name	PCE-867
Builder	Albina Engine & Machine Works,Portland
Laid down	8 July 1942
Launched	3 December 1942
Commissioned	20 June 1943
Identification	Callsign:NXLP
Fate	Transferred toRepublic of China,12 September 1945
History
Taiwan
Name	Yong Tai ( vĩnh thái )
Namesake	Yongtai County
Acquired	12 September 1945
Renamed	Shan Hai ( sơn hải )
Namesake	Shan Hai
Reclassified	PCE-41 PCE-62, 1954
Identification	Pennant number:PCE-35
Fate	Scrapped
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 12-567A 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.263 "/50 caliber gundual purpose gun 3 × singleBofors 40 mm gun 4 × Mk.10Oerlikon 20 mm guns 4 × M2.50 cal (12.7 mm)machine guns

USSPCE-867was aPCE-842-classpatrol craftfor theUnited States NavyduringWorld War II.She was renamedROCSYong Tai(PCE-41)andROCSShan Hai(PCE-62)after being acquired by theRepublic of China Navyon 7 February 1948.

Construction and career

PCE-867waslaid downbyAlbina Engineer & Machine Works,Portlandon 8 July 1942 andlaunchedon 3 December 1942. She wascommissionedon 20 June 1943.

After the war on 12 September 1945, she was transferred to the Republic of China Navy as ROCSYong Tai(PCE-41) under theLend-Lease program.Yong Tai was commissioned on an unknown date under the command ofLieutenant ColonelWang Enhua.On 8 June 1947,Yong Taiwas transiting fromHuludaotoQingdaowhen a newly assignedsecond lieutenantJi Rui armed with a gun fired 7 shots on board the ship, injuring thecaptain,Lieutenant Colonel Li Yuxi and two other officers.Naval officerZheng Jiamo was killed during the incident. On the 17th, the ship then arrived inQingdaoand the Qingdao naval authorities were notified of the incident.

On 1 January 1954, the naval fleet was reorganized thus,Yong Taiwas renamed to Shan Hai (PCE-62).

During the midnight of 13 November 1965, the ship alongsideROCS Linhuai (AM-51)were underway southeast ofWuqiuwhen they came under attack during theFirst Taiwan Strait Crisis.Shan Haiwould then be scrapped on an unknown date.