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PT-190



Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Peter - Uncle
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 21 November 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 3 February 1943
  • Completed 19 February 1943, placed in service assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWELVE (PTRon 12) under the command of Lt. Comdr. John Harllee
  • PTRon 12, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action in New Guinea waters at Morobe, Dreger Harbor, Hollandia, and Mios Woendi, and in the Philippines at San Pedro Bay and Ormoc. It also based for a time at Kana Kopa,
    New Guinea, but had no action from this base. PTRon 12 was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for action in the New Guinea area from October 1943 to March 1944
  • Jack O' Diamonds was placed out of service 26 October 1945
  • Sold in May 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    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 4,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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