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PT-342



Call sign:
Nan - King - Sugar - Victor
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 2 March 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 11 May 1943
  • Completed 31 May 1943, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY FOUR (PTRon 24) under the command of Lt. Comdr. N. Burt Davis, USN
  • PTRon 24, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action at Dreger Harbor, Saidor, and Amsterdam Island in New Guinea, and at Mindoro, Zamboanga, Polloc Harbor, Sarangani Bay, and Davao Gulf in the Philippines. It also
    based for a time at Kana Kopa and Mios Woendi, New Guinea
  • "The Joseph Lynch", ex-"Tomahawk", ex-"Logan's Demon", ex-"Death Hawk", ex-"SNAFU" was placed out of service 6 November 1945
  • Sold in May 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 56 t.
  • Length 80'
  • Beam 20' 8"
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 13
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, one 37mm mount, two 20mm mounts, four Mk13 22.4" torpedoes and two twin .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PT-195 357k PT-195 of PTRon 12 and PT-342
    From the collection of Ens. Robert Hostetter    		 Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-342
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