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PT-301

Call sign:
Nan - King - Dog - Victor

78' Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 19 March 1943 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA

Launched 17 May 1943

Completed 4 November 1943, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron SIXTEEN (MTBRon 16) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Almer P. Colvin, USN

MTBRon 16 participated in the Aleutian campaign from August 1943 to May 1944. Transferred to the Southwest Pacific, the squadron had action at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea; Mindoro, Philippine Islands; and Brunei Bay,

Borneo. It also based for a time at Dreger Harbor, New Guinea, and San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands, but had no action from these bases. PT's 295-301, placed in service after the squadron had departed for the Aleutians,

were designated as Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron SIXTEEN B (MTBRon 16B), which was commissioned as a separate command under Lt. James H. Van Sicklen, USNR

The "Snuffy Smith" was heavily damaged on 7 November 1944 by an accidental explosion at the forward base of Mios Woendi, Biak Island. Repairs were deemed impossible and she was laid up as a constructive total loss

Destroyed 15 August 1945.

Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.

Length 78'

Beam 20' 8"

Draft 5' 3"

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.