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PT-161

Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - George - Mike

80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 2 September 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ

Launched 16 November 1942

Completed 28 November 1942, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron NINE (MTBRon 9) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Robert B. Kelly, USN

MTBRon 9, assigned to the South Pacific, had action at Rendova, Lever Harbor, Treasury, and Green

Japanese naval and army aircraft bomb Rendova, New Georgia, Solomon Islands 2 July 1943; light cruiser IJN Yubari and nine destroyers bombard the beachhead. PT-156, PT-157 and PT-161 engaged

the enemy, but inflict no damage

Damaged by Japanese plane 7 July 1943 off Banieta Point, Solomons

Damaged by Japanese floatplane 10 August 1943 off Gatere, Solomons

Transferred to the Southwest Pacific in May 1944, the squadron had action at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea; Morotai, in the Halmaheras; and at Zamboanga and Tawi Tawi in the Philippines. The

squadron also based for a time at Dreger Harbor, New Guinea, and at Samar in the Philippines, but had no action from these bases

"Jahnz Canoe", ex-"Sassy Sally", ex-"Terror of the Seas" was placed out of service, stripped and destroyed by U.S. Forces 24 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines.

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