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HM CT-16
ex-RPT-11
ex-PT-197

Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Roger - Yoke

PT-198 served the Navies of the United States and Great Britain

78' Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 23 June 1942 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA

Launched 7 September 1942

Completed 5 January 1943, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron FOURTEEN

Prior to the squadrom commissioning was transferred to the Soviet Union 15 February 1943 and reclassified RPT-11

Transferred to Great Britain in April 1943 due to the cancellation of convoys to Russia in the spring of 1943 and was reclassified as a Controlled Target Craft, CT-16

Lost 22 June 1945.

Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.

Length 78'

Beam 20' 8"

Draft 5' 3"

Speed 41 kts.

Complement 17

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

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