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PT-125

Call sign:
Nan - Xray - William - Xray

80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 9 May 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ

Launched 6 August 1942

Completed 22 August 1942, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron SIX (MTBRon 6) under the command of LCDR 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

Damaged 4 September 1943 by Japanese planes off Meresu Cove, Solomons

After its transfer to the Southwest Pacific in May 1944, the squadron was decommissioned and its boats were distributed to replenish other squadrons which had suffered operational losses

Transferred 29 May 1944 to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TEN (MTBRon 10) under the command of LCDR Francis H. McAdoo, Jr., USNR

MTBRon 10, assigned to the South Pacific, had action at Rendova, Vella Lavella, Treasury, Bougainville, and Green. Transferred to the Southwest Pacific in April 1944, the squadron had action at

Saidor, New Guinea; Morotai, in the Halmaheras; and at Balikpapan, Borneo. The squadron also based for a time at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea, and at Samar, P.I., but had no action from

these bases

"Willie's Headache" was stripped and destroyed by U.S. Forces 11 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines.

Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.

Length 80'

Beam 20' 8"

Draft 5'

Speed 41 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: One single 40mm mount, four 21" torpedoes, one 37mm mount, one 20mm mount and two twin .50 cal. machine guns

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