PT400 1944
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Names |
PT384 - 449 PT661 - 730 |
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Builders |
Robert Jacob, New York: PT384 - 399 Annapolis Yacht: PT400 - 429, 661 - 730 Herreshoff, Bristol: PT430 - 449 |
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Commissioned |
1-12/1944 - PT384 - 449, 661 - 682 1-10/1945 - PT683 - 730 |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
United Kingdom 5 - 10.1944: PT384 - 399 (MTB396 - 411) Soviet Union 1.1944 - 5.1945: PT400 - 449, 661 - 692 (TK-220, 221, 231 - 234, 244, 245, 235 - 240, 561 - 563, 547, 567, 548, 580, 570, 587, 568, 588 - 597, 559, 560, 241 - 243, 564 - 566, 549, 517, 518, 537, 569, 538 - 540, 550, 578, 527, 579, 246, 528, 247, 265 - 268, 809, 810, 814, 811 - 813, 269 - 272, 248 - 264) Cuba 7 - 8.1946: PT715, 716 (R41, 42) |
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Discarding |
11-12/1945: PT729 (small boat), PT730 (small boat) 6-9/1946: PT693 - 714 (never commissioned by USN) 6-8/1947: PT717 - 728 (never commissioned by USN) |
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Displacement standard, t |
33 |
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Displacement full, t |
45 |
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Length, m |
22.1 |
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Breadth, m |
5.87 |
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Draught, m |
1.68 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
3375 |
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Max speed, kts |
39 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 11200 l |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
570 (20) |
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Armament |
PT384 - 449: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC PT661 - 692: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC PT693 - 730 were not placed in service and never were armed |
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Electronic equipment |
SO or SCR-517A radar |
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Complement |
10 - 12 |
Project history: 72ft Vosper type, These boats were built under license of Vosper.
Modernizations: None.
1.1946, PT693-728: (as planned) 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC, SO or SCR-517A radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Alex Norton for additional information
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