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PT-96



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Baker - Love

78' Huckins Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 29 January 1942 by the Huckins Yacht Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 25 June 1942
  • Completed 22 August 1942
  • Placed in service 24 August 1942 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron FOUR. Based at Melville, Rhode Island, she was used for training during the rest of World War II. In August 1945 she was transferred to the
    First Naval District and, early in September, was placed out of service. Her wooden hull was destroyed by burning later in that month.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 48 t.
  • Length 78'
  • Beam 19' 5"
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 12
  • Armament: One 20mm mount, four 21" torpedoes/eight depth charges and two twin .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Three 4,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PT-96 48k . .
    PT-96 155k Color post card. .
    PT-96 165k Underway at high speed, circa 1942.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99939    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    PT-96 36k c. 1943
    U.S. Navy photo from the 1943/1944 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships"    		 .
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-96
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