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PT-98



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Fox - Baker

78' Huckins Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 13 March 1942 by the Huckins Yacht Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 29 August 1942
  • Completed 29 September 1942 and placed in service
  • Assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron FOURTEEN (MTBRon 14), 17 February 1943 under the command of LT Richard E. Johnson, USN
  • MTBRon 14 was assigned to Panama Sea Frontier. It had no action with the enemy
  • Transferred 17 September 1944 to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron FOUR (MTBRon 4) under the command of Comdr. James B. Denny, USN
  • MTBRon 4 was the training squadron, based at the MTB Squadrons Training Center, Melville, R.I. It was the largest squadron, having a peak of 28 boats in service at one time
  • Placed out of service 7 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 14 October 1946 and sold
  • Fate unknown.

    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 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.

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