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PT-352

Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Baker - Jig

80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 31 March 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ

Launched 10 June 1943

Completed 28 June 1943, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY FIVE (MTBRon 25) under the command of LT Daniel S. Bauchman, Jr., USN

MTBRon 25, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action at Dreger Harbor, Mios Woendi, and Amsterdam Island in New Guinea; Rein Bay and Talasea in New Britain; Mindoro and Ormoc in the

Philippines; and Morotai in the Halmaheras. It also based for a time at Kana Kopa, New Guinea, and San Pedro Bay in the Philippines, but had no action from these bases

The "Sarah", ex-"Sara" was placed out of service 9 November 1945, stripped and destroyed by U.S. Forces at Samar, Philippines.

Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.

Length 80'

Beam 20' 8"

Draft 5'

Speed 41 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: One 40mm mount, four 21" Torpedoes and two twin .50 cal. machine guns

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