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PT-178



Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Love - Fox
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 19 October 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 2 January 1943
  • Completed 16 January 1943
  • Placed in service 20 January 1943 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ELEVEN (MTBRon 11) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Leroy T. Taylor, USN
  • MTBRon 11, assigned to the South Pacific, had action at Rendova, Vella Lavella, Bougainville, and Emirau. Transferred to the Southwest Pacific in June 1944, the squadron had action at Morotai, in the
    Halmaheras. It also based for a time at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea, but had no action from that base
  • "Torpedo Junction" was placed out of service, stripped and destroyed 11 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 56 t.
  • Length 80'
  • Beam 20' 8"
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, two torpedoes, two twin .50 cal. machine guns, one 37mm mount and one 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PT-176 291k Samar, Philippines
    PT-177, PT-178 and PT-176    		 Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
    PT-176 100k c. November 1945
    Samar, Philippines
    PT-176 65k c. November 1945
    Samar, Philippines
    Close up of above photo
    Boat Captain
    01LTJG William D. Finan, USNR - Awarded the Bronze StarJuly 1944
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-178
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