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Motor Torpedo Boat Photo Archive

PT-3
ex-HM MTB-273
ex-PT-3


PT-3 served the Navies of the United States and Great Britian.
58' Experimental Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 1 August 1939 as PT-3 by the Fisher Boat Works, Detroit, MI
  • Launched 18 April 1940
  • Completed 20 June 1940
  • Transferred to the Royal Navy as HM MTB-273, 19 April 1941
  • Returned to U.S. custody 10 April 1945
  • Transferred to an unknown country 2 May 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 25 t.
  • Length 58'
  • Beam 18'
  • Propulsion: Two gasoline engines, two shafts.
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    PT-3 63k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    PT-3 42k . .
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