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Ngọc Hồi 1971

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Đống Đa II (ex-Crestview, ex-PCE895)	HQ07		Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA	12.1943	18.5.1944	10.1944 // 11.1961	escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Sultan Kudarat)
Ngọc Hồi (ex-Brattleboro, ex-PCE(R)852)	HQ12		Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA	10.1943	1.3.1944	5.1944 // 7.1966	escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Miguel Malvar)
Van Kiếp II (ex-Amherst, ex-PCE(R)853)	HQ14		Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA	11.1943	18.3.1944	6.1944 // 6.1970	escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Datu Marikudo)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	795
Displacement full, t	903
Length, m	54.9 wl 56.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.1
Draught, m	2.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil 140
Endurance, nm(kts)	8500 (12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 AWSRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	SO radar, QHA sonar
Complement	90

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Project history

Former US patrol escorts (PCE), two of which were fitted as rescue ships (PCE(R)).

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In April 1975 after the fall of Saigon all three ships escaped to Philippines.