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PT-140



Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Baker - William
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 3 July 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 17 September 1942
  • Completed 3 October 1942
  • Placed in service 10 October 1942 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron FOUR (PTRon 4) under the command of LCDR William C. Specht
  • PTRon 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. When the training center was decommissioned early in
    1946, PTRon 4 was assigned to the Operational Development Force, and based at Solomons, Md. It was the last squadron to be decommissioned
  • Placed out of service 28 January 1946
  • Sold 9 October 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 56 t.
  • Length 80'
  • Beam 20' 8"
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: One 40mm, four 21" Torpedoes and two twin .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Three 3,600shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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