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PT-30

77' Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 7 March 1941 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 28 May 1941
  • Completed 3 July 1941
  • Struck from the Navy list 6 March 1944
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

    Displacement 40 t.
    Length 77'
    Beam 19' 11"
    Draft 4' 6"
    Speed 41 kts.
    Complement 15
    Armament: Two twin .50 cal. Browning M2 machine guns in Dewandre turrets and four 18" torpedoes
    Propulsion: Three 3,600shp Packard V12 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.

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    PT-25 & 30 144k Cutter from the sunken Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu, suspended from the starboard boat davits of USS Ballard (AVD-10), at Midway circa late June 1942. This boat had been picked up on 19 June, along with its occupants, who became prisoners of war. PT-25 and PT-30 are among the 77-foot ELCO-type PT boats visible in the right and left background.
    National Archives photo 80-G-79981-21    		 Naval History and Heritage Center
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-30
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