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PT-259



Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Uncle - Zebra

78' Huckins Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 5 December 1942 by the Huckins Yacht Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 10 April 1943
  • Completed 25 May 1943, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY SIX (MTBRon 26) under the command of LT Anthony B. Akers, USNR
  • MTBRon 26 was assigned to the Hawaiian Sea Frontier, It had no action with the enemy
  • "Little Joe" was placed out of service 3 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946
  • Sold 2 October 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 48 t.
  • Length 78'
  • Beam 19' 5"
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 12
  • Armament: One 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.
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