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PT-43
ex-PTC-23

Scuttled 10 January 1943
77' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 14 May 1941 as Motor Boat Submarine Chaser, PTC-23 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Reclassified PT-43 prior to completion
  • Launched 16 July 1941
  • Completed 26 July 1941
  • Scuttled 10 January 1943 after suffering damages from Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze the previous day off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

    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-43 110k 10 January 1943
    Scuttled at Guadalcanal    		 Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-43
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