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YP-110
ex
PT-8 (1941)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Defense Service Medal (with Patrol clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

PT-7 Class Aluminum-hulled Motor Torpedo Boat (Prototype) - District Patrol Craft

Built by Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA

Ordered, 23 June 1939

Laid down, 29 December 1939

Launched, 29 October 1940

Placed in service with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 as PT-8, 25 February 1941

Transferred to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 2, 13 August 1941

Reclassified District Patrol Craft YP-110, 14 October 1941

Assigned to Inshore Patrol, Fourth Naval District, 1942

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 10 January 1943

Authorization for machinery salvage and hull scrapping received, 01 February 1943

Hull apparently retained at Philadelphia Navy Yard for tests and sold postwar

For sale on eBay, June 2008

Still extant at Franklin, LA, 2010

Specifications:
Displacement 51.93 tons
Length 80' 7.75" overall, 75' 0" waterline
Beam 16' 8"
Draft 3'
Speed 41 knots
Complement unknown
Armament

four 21" torpedo tubes

two 0.50 caliber MGs
Propulsion

four Allison V-12 gasoline engines, 1000hp each, arranged in X-configuration plus

one Hall-Scott Defender, 60hp

(later replaced with Packards)

two shafts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
PT-8
	132k	PT-8 underway, date and location unknown. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 100908	U.S. National Archives
	64k	The aluminum hull PT-8 cruising at about 40 knots on the Delaware River near Philadelphia, PA, 29 June 1941. From U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman	Robert Hurst
	452k	PT-8 underway, probably off the Rhode Island coast, summer 1941. National Archives photo 19-N-25576	Joe Radigan
	76k	PT-8, running at speed off the Rhode Island coast, summer 1941. PT Boats, Inc.	Dave Wright
YP-110
	76k	Underway as YP-110, date and location unknown. Note she still carries her torpedo tubes.	Dave Wright
Civilian Service
	44k	The former PT-8, stored on land at Franklin, Louisiana, circa 2010. Via yachtforums.com	Dave Wright