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Motor Torpedo Boat Photo Archive

Courtesy of Tommy Trampp

PT-235

Call sign:
Nan - Dog - Dog - Baker

78' Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 1 October 1942 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA

Launched 14 November 1942

Completed 17 April 1943

Placed in service 22 April 1943 with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron NINETEEN (MTBRon 19) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Russell H. Smith

MTBRon 19, assigned to South Pacific, had action at Vella Lavella, Treasury, and Green. The squadron was decommissioned and its boats were distributed to replenish other squadrons which had suffered

operational losses

Transferred 19 April 1944 to MTBRon 20 under the command of Lt. Arthur H. Berndtson

MTBRon 20, assigned to the South Pacific, had action at Treasury and Bougainville. Transferred to the Southwest Pacific in December 1944, the squadron saw action off Palawan, P.I. It also based for a

time at Dreger Harbor, Aitape, and Mios Woendi, New Guinea, and at San Pedro Bay and Mindoro in the Philippines, but had no action from these bases

Transferred 10 February 1945 to MTBRon 16 under the command of Lt. Robert J. Wehrli, USNR

MTBRon 16 was assigned to the Southwest Pacific, the squadron had action at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea; Mindoro, P.I.; and Brunei Bay, Borneo. It also based for a time at Dreger Harbor, New

Guinea, and San Pedro Bay, P.I., but had no action from these bases

The "Rebel" was destroyed by U.S. Forces 26 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines.

Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.

Length 78'

Beam 20' 8"

Draft 5' 3"

Speed 41 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: One 40mm mount, two 21" 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.

Size	Image Description	Source
45k
104k	The 40mm gun crew	Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
125k	Engineroom hatch open	Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
156k	Page from MTBRon 19 History Book
344k	Crew photo	Jerry Gilmartin, MMC(SW), USN, Ret.
71k		Dennis Buchanan
48k	Mios Woendi, New Guinea Moored on other side of pier from PT-240
59k	In dry dock
503k	19 January 1945 Mios Woendi Island, near Biak, New Guinea TM3c E. H. Buchanan (Virginia) tall guy in the back, fourth from the left
334k	19 January 1945 Mios Woendi Island, near Biak, New Guinea TM3c E. H. Buchanan, in the center (Virginia) at the helm of PT-235
147k	c. February 1945 Crew photo Back row, left to right: Lt. (jg) J. W. Jeffrey (Texas), Ens. A. Fleischer (Pennsylvania), C. H. Lloyd RM 3/c (Massachusetts), W. L. May F 1/C (Ohio), E. P. Lucas MoMM 1/C (Indiana), F. L. Bloss F 1/C (Maryland), A. Pagano S 1/C (New York), Edwin Henry Buchanan (1926 -2016) TM 3/C (Virginia), G. M. Mertz GM 3/C (Pennsylvania), J. B. Tatko F 1/C (Pennsylvania), Ens. E. C. Nielsen (Massachusetts) Front Row, left to right: F. M. Kahlhamer SC 2/C (Wisconsin), R. F. Marsh S 1/C (Wisconsin), C. E. Nelson S 1/C (Kansas), L. Ellis QM 2/C (Rhode Island), C. J. Bourgeous S 1/C (Louisiana), E. R. Schwartz S 1/C (New York)
113k	c. 1945 Samar, Philippines Burning the hulls