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PT103 motor torpedo boats

 

 

PT545 1944

 

Names

PT103 - 196, 314 - 367, 372 - 383, 486 - 563, 565 - 624, 731 - 790

Builders

ELCO, Bayonne: PT103 - 198, 314 - 361, 372 - 383, 486 - 563, 565 - 624

Harbor Boat, Long Beach: PT362 - 367

Commissioned

6-12/1942: PT103 - 171

1-12/1943: PT172 - 196, 314 - 367, 372 - 383, 486, 488 - 502, 546 - 563, 565 - 570

1-12/1944: PT487, 503 - 545, 571 - 575, 731 - 752

1-10/1945: PT576 - 622, 753 - 760

Losses

PT107 (18/6/1944), PT109 (2/8/1943), PT110 (26/1/1944), PT111 (1/2/1943), PT112 (10/1/1943), PT113 (8/8/1943), PT117 (1/8/1943), PT118 (7/9/1943), PT119 (17/3/1943), PT121 (27/3/1943), PT123 (1/2/1943), PT133 (15/7/1944), PT135 (12/4/1944), PT136 (17/9/1943), PT145 (4/1/1944), PT147 (19/11/1943), PT153 (4/7/1943), PT158 (5/7/1943), PT164 (1/8/1943), PT165 (23/5/1943), PT166 (20/7/1943), PT172 (7/9/1943), PT173 (23/5/1943), PT193 (25/6/1944), PT320 (5/11/1944), PT321 (11/11/1944), PT322 (23/12/1943), PT323 (10/12/1944), PT337 (7/3/1944), PT338 (28/1/1944), PT339 (27/5/1944), PT346 (29/4/1944), PT347 (29/4/1944), PT353 (27/3/1944), PT363 (25/11/1944), PT493 (25/10/1944), PT509 (9/8/1944), PT555 (23/8/1944)

PT623, 624, 761 - 790 - sold incomplete

Transfers

Soviet Union 10-12/1944: PT499, 500, 503, 504, 510 - 513 (TK-417 - 425); 1-5/1945: PT498, 501, 502, 506 - 508, 510 - 521, 552 - 554, 556, 560 - 563, 731 - 760 (TK-426 - 433, 436 - 441, 434, 442, 446, 435, 447, 443 - 445, 417, 484 - 491, 493, 494, 509, 495 - 508, 510, 520, 530)

Norway 1951 (after they were stricken): PT602 - 606, 608 - 612 (Snøgg, Sel, Sild, Skrei, Snar, Lyr, Springer, Hai, Hauk, Hval, Hyass)

South Korea 1/1952: PT613, 616, 619, 620 (Olpanei, Kaimaeki, Koroki, Ebi)

Discardin

10-12/1945: PT103 - 106, 108, 114 - 116, 120, 122, 124 - 132, 134, 137, 138, 142 - 144, 146, 148 - 152, 154 - 157, 159 - 163, 167 - 171, 174 - 192, 194 - 196, 318, 319, 324 - 336, 340 - 345, 348 - 352, 354 - 362, 364 - 367, 372 - 383, 488 - 492, 494 - 497, 522 - 551, 565 - 600

1-2/1946: PT139 - 141, 314 - 317, 486, 487, 505, 557 - 559, 601 - 612, 614, 615, 617, 618, 621, 622

 

Displacement standard, t

38

Displacement full, t

54 - 61

Length, m

24.4

Breadth, m

6.30

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

4050 - 4500

Max speed, kts

41 - 43

Fuel, t

petrol 11400 l

Endurance, nm (kts)

500 (20)

Armament

PT103 - 173, 175 - 195, 314 - 367, 372 - 383: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT

PT174: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT

PT196: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT

PT486 - 514, 516 - 555: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 572 TR

PT515: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 572 TR, 2 DC

PT556 - 559: 1 x 4 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 572 TR

PT560 - 563: 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT

PT565 - 624: 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 127 rocket launchers, 4 - 572 TR

PT731 - 760: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT

Sensors

SO or SCR-517A radar

Complement

17

 

Ship project history: 80ft ELCO type. Further development of 77ft ELCO.

Modernizations: 1942, PT138: + 1 x (4 - 20/70 Oerlikon + 2 - 12.7/90)

1942, PT160: + 1 x 4 - 20/70 Oerlikon

1943, PT109: + 1 x 1 - 37/61 M3

1943, PT149: + 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

1943, PT157: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

1943, PT187 - 192: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/90; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

1943, PT193 - 195: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

1943, PT331: + 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

1943, PT353, 354, 374 - 377: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors

1944, PT115: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT129: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 2 x 12 - 127 rocket launchers, 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT143: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 1 - 60/12 M19 mortar, 4 - 572 TR, 4 DC

1944, PT154: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 - 572 TR, 2 DC

1944, PT161: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT167: + 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4

1944, PT168: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 57/70 recoilless, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT169: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT174: - 4 - 533 TT; + 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT178: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT330: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 - 572 TR, 2 DC

1944, PT334: + 1 x 1 - 75/31 M4

1944, PT343: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 - 572 TR, 2 DC

1944, PT349: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 12 - 127 rocket launchers, 2 - 572 TR, 2 DC

1944, PT352: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oeerlikon, 2 x 12 - 114 rocket launchers, 2 - 572 TR, 2 DC

1944, PT491: + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

1944, PT506, 512: - 1 x 1 - 20/70, 2 - 572 TR; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 DC

1944, PT515, 520: + 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9

1944, PT517: - 2 x 1 - 20/70, 2 - 572 TR; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 2 DC

1944, PT519: - 1 x 1 - 20/70, 2 - 572 TR; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 2 DC

1944, PT523: - 2 - 572 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 1 - 60/12 M9 mortars

1944, PT525: + 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

1944, PT533 - 544: - 2 - 572 TR; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oeerlikon

1944, PT552 - 555: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors

Naval service: No significant events.

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PT588 1944

 

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