ROKS Dangpo (PCEC 56)

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History
United States
Name	PCE-842
Builder	Pullman Standard Car, Chicago
Laid down	12 June 1943
Launched	14 November 1943
Commissioned	29 January 1944
Renamed	USS Marfa (PCE-842), 15 February 1956
Fate	Transferred to South Korea, 13 December 1961
History
South Korea
Name	Dangpo
Acquired	13 December 1961
Fate	Sunk by North Korean coastal artillery, 19 January 1967
General characteristics
Class and type	PCE-842-class patrol craft (in U.S. Navy service)
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 12-278A 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.26 3"/50 caliber gun dual purpose gun 3 × single Bofors 40 mm gun 4 × Mk.10 Oerlikon 20 mm guns 4 × M2 .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns

ROKS Dangpo (PCEC 56) was a patrol craft of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). Originally built as USS PCE-842, a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. Dangpo was acquired by South Korea on 13 December 1961 and sunk by North Korean coastal artillery fire on 19 January 1967.