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PT-68
ex-BPT-20
ex-PTC-36

Destroyed 30 September 1943
77' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 27 August 1941 as PTC-36 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Reclassified BPT-20 prior to completion
  • Launched 13 November 1941
  • Completed 13 January 1942
  • Transfer to Great Britain canceled
  • Reclassified PT-68
  • Grounded 1 October 1943 at Vincke Point, Huon Peninsula, eastern New Guinea and destroyed to prevent capture.

    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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