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PT-154



Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Charlie - George
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 13 August 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 27 October 1942
  • Completed 13 November 1942, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron NINE (MTBRon 9) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Robert B. Kelly
  • MTBRon 9, assigned to the South Pacific, had action at Rendova, Lever Harbor, Treasury, and Green
  • The "Tulagi Rot", ex-"Mr. 'B", ex-"One Way", ex-"Jose Carrioka" was placed out of service, stripped and destroyed by U.S. Forces 24 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 November 1945.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 56 t.
  • Length 80'
  • Beam 20' 8"
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: One 40mm, 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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