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PT-187

Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Oboe - Oboe

80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 13 November 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ

Launched 26 January 1943

Placed in service 12 February 1943

Assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWELVE (MTBRon 12), 18 February 1943 under the command of Lt. Comdr. John Harllee, USN

MTBRon 12, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action in New Guinea waters at Morobe, Dreger Harbor, Hollandia, and Mios Woendi, and in the Philippines at San Pedro Bay and Ormoc. It also

based for a time at Kana Kopa, New Guinea, but had no action from this base

Transferred 10 May 1943 to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron SIX (MTBRon 6) under the command of Lt. Clark W. Faulkner, USNR

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. 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 NINE (MTBRon 9) under the command of Lt. Michael R. Pessolano, USN

MTBRon 9, assigned to the South Pacific, had action at Rendova, Lever Harbor, Treasury, and Green. Transferred to the Southwest Pacific in May 1944, the squadron had action at Mios Woendi,

Dutch New Guinea; Morotai, in the Halmaheras; and at Zamboanga and Tawi Tawi in the Philippines. The squadron also based for a time at Dreger Harbor, New Guinea, and at Samar in the Philippines, but had no action from these bases

Placed out of service 24 November 1945

The "8 Ball"; ex-"Nightmare" was transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in May 1946 and sold

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.

Length 80'

Beam 20' 8"

Draft 5'

Speed 41 kts.

Complement 17

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

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

Size	Image Description	Source
50k		Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
120k	Photo montage	Tommy Trampp
317k	Engineroom gasoline filters From the collection of Gordon Goosela	Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
132k	Engineroom instrument panel From the collection of Gordon Goosela
254k	Engine change out From the collection of Gordon Goosela
533k	Gordon Goosela's wallet photo From the collection of Gordon Goosela

Crew Photos

Photos from the collection of Gordon Goosela. Contributed by Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.

TM2c Raymond Hartmann identified by his granddaughter, Kristen (Hartmann) Allevo

2. TM2c Raymond Hartmann	2. Top row, 3rd from left, TM2c Raymond Hartmann	3. Part of the crew on a captured Japanese landing barge	4.	5.
6.	7. The travels of Gordon Goosela	8. Top row, on the right, TM2c Raymond Hartmann	9.	10. Top row, 2nd on left, TM2c Raymond Hartmann
11. In front of Lupa Pula Elementary School, Tawi-Tawi Province, Mapun, Philippines. On the right is TM2c Raymond Hartmann	12.	13. Engine change out	14. Ready with new Packard	15.Boat's mascot "Eight Ball"
16. "Eight Ball"	17. XO and CO	18. Gordon Goosela at the helm	19. 40mm gun crew. Seated on the right is TM2c Raymond Hartmann	20. Gordon Goosela