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HM MTB-399
ex-PT-387



Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Fox - King


PT-387 served the Navies of Great Britain and Egypt
70' Vosper Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 2 July 1943 as PT-387 by Robert Jacob, City Island, NY
  • Launched 5 November 1943
  • Completed 1 June 1944
  • Transferred to Great Britain 10 June 1944 and reclassified HM MTB-399
  • Returned to U.S. custody 16 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission 24 January 1947and sold to Egypt
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 39 t.
  • Length 72'
  • Beam 19'
  • Draft 4' 9"
  • Speed 40 kts.
  • Complement 13
  • Armament: One twin Vickers .50 cal. machine gun in Mk 5 turret, two 21" torpedoes and two depth charges
  • Propulsion: Three1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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