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HM MTB-378
ex-BPT-68


BPT-68 served the Navies of Great Britian and Italy.
BPT-21 Class Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 6 March 1943 as BPT-68 by Annapolis Yacht Yard, Annapolis, MD
  • Launched 17 July 1943
  • Completed 15 December 1943, transferred to Great Britain and named HM MTB-378
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody 15 October 1945
  • Transferred to Italy 4 April 1948; reclassified as a Torpedo Recovery Craft and renamed GIS-0017
  • Renamed GIS-821
  • Reclassified as a Motor Torpedo Boat, MS-841 and MS-421
  • Struck from the Navy list in 1958
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Armament: One Mk 1-20mm mount, one twin .50 cal. Vickers machine gun in Mk V turret (replaced by one Mk IIA twin 20mm mount), two 21" torpedoes and two depth charges
  • Propulsion: Three 3,600shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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