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PT-498



Call sign:
Nan - Dog - Love - Roger


PT-498 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 2 September 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 20 November 1943
  • Completed 21 December 1943
  • Placed in service 31 December 1943 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron THIRTY FOUR (MTBRon 34) under the command of LT Allen H. Harris, USNR
  • MTBRon 34 had action in the English Channel area from June 1944 to October 1944, when orders were received to prepare the boats for delivery to the Soviet Union
  • The "Warmaster", ex-"Jolly Roger" was transferred to the Soviet Union 4 March 1945 and named TK-426
  • Fate unknown.

    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.
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    PT-498 117k Photo added 18 December 2021 Tommy Trampp
    PT-498 86k c. 1944
    Somewhere in England
    Photo from the service of LT James Christian Mountcastle, XO (Executive Officer) of RON 35 (Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 35). He was captain of the boat PT-516 "The Flying Gini"
    Boat Captains
    01LTJG William S. Squire, USNRAugust 1944
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-498
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