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Motor Torpedo Boat Photo Archive

Courtesy of Tommy Trampp

PT-117

Destroyed 1 August 1943

80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 10 April 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ

Launched 15 July 1942

Completed 4 August 1942, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron SIX (MTBRon 6) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Clifton B. Maddox, USN

MTBRon 6 arrived in the South Pacific in time for its boats to participate in some of the last actions with the Tokyo Express at Guadalcanal. Later it had action at Rendova, Vella Lavella, Treasury,

Bougainville, Green, and Emirau

The "Munda Morn" was destroyed by Japanese aircraft 1 August 1943 at Rendova harbor, Solomon Islands.

Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.

Length 80'

Beam 20' 8"

Draft 5'

Speed 41 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: One 20mm mount, four 21" Torpedoes and two twin .50 cal. machine guns

Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.

Size	Image Description	Source
293k	Replacement photo: Photo from U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman	Original photo: HyperWar, U.S. Navy in World War II Replacement photo: Robert Hurst
179k	.	Harris
55k	.	Robert Hurst
331k	Photos from U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman
605k
175k		Russ Padden Photo added 25 March 2019
180k	Photographed in August 1942 upon completion of construction Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 100910	Mike Green
320k	29 August 1942 New York, NY PT-117 and PT-124 alongside USS Saufley (DD 465) on her commissioning day	David Way
142k	Undated post card Inscribed on back of card: ELCO 80-FOOT MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE ELCO NAVAL DIVISION ELECTRIC BOAT CO., BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY Typed underneath inscription: New York City, April 1943 "This will acknowledge your purchase of a War Bond to help sponsor a PT BOAT during the United States Treasury's Campaign, Foreign Language Division, to raise $40,000,000 covering the cost of 100 of these Fighting Ships for our Navy."	Original photo: Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret. Replacement photo: Tommy Trampp
362k	Electric Boat Boat Company advertisement from the 1943/1944 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships	Robert Hurst
164k	c. August 1943 Hulk of PT-117