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PT-565



Call sign:
Nan - William - Item - William
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 28 April 1944 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 20 September 1944
  • Completed 8 December 1944, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron THIRTY EIGHT (MTBRon 38) under the command of LCDR Charles A. Mills, Jr., USNR
  • MTBRon 38, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, arrived at Samar, Philippines, in May, June, and July, 1945. The squadron based there and at Basilan Island, Philippines, but had no action except for strafing of shore installations in
    Borneo early in August 1945
  • The "Dirty Dozen" was placed out of service 24 October 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 17
  • 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-565 215k Side elevation and deck plan with forward/aft section details from " Allied Coastal Forces of World War II: Volume II" by John Lambert and Al Ross Robert Hurst
    PT-565 148k
    PT-486 119k Last type of Elco radar mast used on PT-564 - 624 in 1945
    Elco Radar Mast Drawing No. 37 Scale 3/8" = 1'    		 .
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-565
    Details and Special Specifications for Building Motor Torpedo Boats PT-565 - 624
    Historical Naval Ships Association.
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