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PT-345



Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Able - Queen
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 11 March 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 19 May 1943
  • Completed 8 June 1943
  • Placed in service 17 June 1943 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY FIVE (PTRon 25) under the command of Lt. Daniel S. Bauchman, Jr., USN
  • PTRon 25, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action at Dreger Harbor, Mios Woendi, and Amsterdam Island in New Guinea; Rein Bay and Talasea in New Britain; Mindoro and Ormoc in the Philippines; and Morotai in
    the Halmaheras
  • The "Gallinipper" was placed out of service 9 November 1945, stripped and destroyed by U.S. Forces at Samar, Philippines.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 56 t.
  • Length 80'
  • Beam 20' 8"
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 13
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, 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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    PT-345 402k From the collection of Ens. Robert Hostetter Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-345
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