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RPT-5
ex-PT-89



Call sign:
Nan - William - Mike - Yoke


PT-89 only served the Soviet Union.

78' Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 29 May 1942 as PT-89 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA
  • Launched 28 October 1942
  • Completed 15 December 1942
  • Transferred to the Soviet Union 15 February 1943 as RPT-5
  • Renamed TK-202
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 56 t.
  • Length 78'
  • Beam 20' 8"
  • Draft 5' 3"
  • Speed 40 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: Four 21" torpedoes, one 40mm mount and two twin .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Three 4,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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