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PT-97



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Charlie - Mike

78' Huckins Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 30 January 1942 by the Huckins Yacht Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 9 July 1942
  • Completed 29 August 1942
  • Destroyed by U.S. Forces 13 September 1945.

    Specifications:

    Displacement 48 t.
    Length 78'
    Beam 19' 5"
    Draft 5'
    Speed 41 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament: One 40mm mount, four 21" torpedoes and two twin .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion: Three 4,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.

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    PT-97 35k An unidentified Huckins Motor Torpedo Boat .
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