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Names |
PT5 PT6 (1) PT6 (2) |
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Builders |
Higgins, New Orleans: PT5, 6(1), 6(2) |
|
Commissioned |
8/1940: PT6 (1) 2-3/1941: PT5, 6 (2) |
|
Losses |
none |
|
Transfers |
United Kingdom, 4 - 7.1941: PT5, 6 (1), 6 (2) (MTB269, MGB68, MTB270) |
| Discarding | none |
|
Displacement standard, t |
30 |
|
Displacement full, t |
34 |
|
Length, m |
24.7 |
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Breadth, m |
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Draught, m |
|
|
No of shafts |
3 |
|
Machinery |
3 petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
PT5, 6(1): 3000 PT6 (2): 3600 |
|
Max speed, kts |
PT5, 6 (1): 31 PT6 (2): 36 |
|
Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT |
| Complement |
17 |
Project history: Experimental MTBs built by Higgins design, may be first really armed American MTBs. All were transferred to RN by lend-lease and were commissioned by British as MTBs (2 boats) and MGB (1 boat)
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
PT6 (2) 1941
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