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PT-128



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Yoke - Peter
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 21 May 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 17 August 1942
  • Completed 1 September 1942
  • Placed in service 4 September 1942and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron SEVEN (MTBRon 7) under the command of Lt. Rollin E. Westholm, USN
  • MTBRon 7, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action in New Guinea waters at Tufi, Morobe, Kiriwina, Dreger Harbor, and Aitape, and in Philippine waters at San Pedro Bay and at Ormoc. The
    squadron based for a time at Kana Kopa, New Guinea; Thursday Island, Australia; Ferusson Island, d'Entrecasteaux Group; and Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea, but had no action at these bases. MTBRon 7 was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for action in the New Guinea area from 1 April 1944 to 1 February 1945
  • Transferred 15 February 1945 to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY ONE (MTBRon 21) under the command of Lt. Carl T. Gleason, USN
  • MTBRon 21, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action at Morobe, Dreger Harbor, and Mios Woendi in New Guinea; at Manus in the Admiralties; and at San Pedro Bay and Subic Bay in the
    Philippines. It also based for a time at Kana Kopa, New Guinea, and at Samar and Basilan Island in the Philippines, but had no action from these bases
  • The "Tug Boat Annie", ex-"Wunsanitesanuff", ex-"Hi-N' Dri" was stripped and destroyed by U.S. Forces 10 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 56 t.
  • Length 80'
  • Beam 20' 8"
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: Armament: One 40mm mount, one 37mm mount, two 20mm mounts, four 21" 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-128 257k Returning to dock
    Courtesy of Alvin Hanson    		 Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
    PT-128 123k Photos from the collection of former crew member Robert James Owen
    © Michael Owen    		 Mike Owen
    Photos added 18 April 2021
    PT-128 162k S2c Robert J. Owen
    Photo from the collection of former crew member Robert James Owen
    © Michael Owen
    Boat Captains
    01ENS James William Herring, USNMarch 1943
    02LTJG Lawrence M. Stutsman, USNR - Awarded the Silver StarOctober 1943
    03ENS T. E. Moran, USNRJuly 1944
    04LTJG Gregory J. Azarigian, USNR - Awarded the Silver Star (1944)November 1944
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-128
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