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PT-365

Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Charlie - William

80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 4 January 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ

Launched 20 May 1943

Completed 12 June 1943

Placed in service 15 August 1943 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron EIGHTEEN (PTRon 18) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Henry M. S. Swift, USNR

PTRon 18, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action at Dreger Harbor, Aitape, Hollandia, Wakde, and Mios Woendi, in New Guinea; at Manus in the Admiralties; and at Morotai in the Halmaheras. It also based for a time at

Kana Kopa, New Guinea, and in San Pedro Bay in the Philippines, but had no action from these bases. The squadron then was reassigned to Southwest Pacific and was augmented by PT's 362 - 367, 80-foot boats fabricated

by Elco and assembled at the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, Calif. When completed these boats were identical with the 80-foot Elco model

Placed out of service 1 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 17

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.