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PT103 motor torpedo boats (1942-1945)

PT545 1944

Names

PT103 - 196

PT314 - 367

PT372 - 383

PT486 - 563

PT565 - 624

PT731 - 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)

Discarding

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 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT

PT174: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT

PT196: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT

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

PT515: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 572 TR, 2 DC

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

PT560 - 563: 2 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT

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

PT731 - 760: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT

Electronic equipment

SO or SCR-517A radar

Complement

17

Project history: 80ft ELCO type. Further development of 77ft ELCO.

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

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

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 Mk 4

1943, PT187 - 192: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/90; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

1943, PT193 - 195: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

1943, PT331: + 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

1943, PT353, 354, 374 - 377: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2

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

1944, PT129: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 2 x 12 - 127 RL, 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT143: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 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 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 - 572 TR, 2 DC

1944, PT161: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 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 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 - 572 TR

1944, PT330: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 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 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 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 RL, 2 - 572 TR, 2 DC

1944, PT352: - 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 12 - 114 RL, 2 - 572 TR, 2 DC

1944, PT491: + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/61 M4, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

1944, PT506, 512: - 1 x 1 - 20/70, 2 - 572 TR; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 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 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 2 DC

1944, PT519: - 1 x 1 - 20/70, 2 - 572 TR; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 2 DC

1944, PT523: - 2 - 572 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 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 Mk 4

1944, PT552 - 555: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2

1/1946, PT139-141, 314-317: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT, SO or SCR-517A radar

1/1946, PT486, 487, 505: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 572 TR, SO or SCR-517A radar

1/1946, PT557-559: 1 x 4 - 20/70 Mk 15, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 572 TR, SO or SCR-517A radar

1/1946, PT601-612, 614, 615, 617, 618, 621, 622: 1 x 1 - 37/71 M9, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 127 RL, 4 - 572 TR, SO or SCR-517A radar

Naval service: No significant events.

PT109

PT588 1944

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