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PT-313

Call sign:
Nan - King - Queen - Jig

78' Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 1 May 1943 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA

Launched 1 July 1943

Completed 31 January 1944, placed in service under the command of LT Larry Noble, USN, was placed in service with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY TWO (MTBRon 22) under the command

of LCDR Richard J. Dressling, USN

Transported to Oran, Algeria on board LST-525

MTBRon 22, assigned to the Mediterranean, based at Bastia, Corsica, and St. Tropez, France, and had action along the northwest coast of Italy and southern coast of France, operating under the British

Coastal Forces

PT-304, PT-308 and PT-313 engaged German flak lighters 9 March 1945 off Point Mesco, Italy, claiming one sunk, one hit and one possibly hit. PT-304 was damaged by shrapnel during the attack.

During retirement, PT-308 is damaged when she is accidentally rammed by PT-304

After the end of the Mediterranean campaign in April 1945, the squadron was shipped back to the United States for reconditioning and reassignment to the Pacific, but the war ended while the squadron

was still in New York

Struck from the Naval Register 28 November 1945

The "Sea Wolf", ex-"Wanderer"was transferred to the War Shipping Administration 19 July 1948 and sold

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.

Length 78'

Beam 20' 8"

Draft 5' 3"

Speed 41 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: One 40mm mount, four Mk 13 torpedoes, two twin and two single .50 cal. machine guns, one 60mm mortar and two 20mm mounts