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PT-42



Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Peter - Item

ex-PTC-22

77' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 5 May 1941 as Motor Boat Submarine Chaser, PTC-22 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Reclassified PT-42 prior to completion
  • Launched 12 July 1941
  • Completed 25 July 1941
  • Struck from the Navy list 22 December 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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