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PT-343



Call sign:
Nan - King - Sugar - Yoke
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 5 March 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 13 May 1943
  • Completed 1 June 1943, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY FOUR (MTBRon 24) under the command of Lt. Comdr. N. Burt Davis, USN
  • MTBRon 24, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action at Dreger Harbor, Saidor, and Amsterdam Island in New Guinea, and at Mindoro, Zamboanga, Polloc Harbor, Sarangani Bay, and Davao Gulf in
    the Philippines. It also based for a time at Kana Kopa and Mios Woendi, New Guinea
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 November 1945
  • 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 13
  • Armament: One 40mm, four 21" torpedoes and two twin .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PT-343 488k PT-343 in the background
    Courtesy of Alvin Hobson    		 Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
    PT-334, 106, 335, 340, 343, 341 & 342 50k PT-334, PT-106, PT-335, PT-340, PT-343 and PT-341 or 342
    From the collection of O. B. Williams
    Boat Captains
    01ENS Fred L. Jacobson, USNR - Awarded the Silver Star (1944)March 1943
    02LTJG Luther C. Evans, USN - Awarded the Bronze StarMay 1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-343
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