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PT71 motor torpedo boats (1942-1945)

PT265 1944

Names

PT71 - 94

PT197 - 254

PT265 - 313

PT450 - 485

PT625 - 660

PT791 - 808

Builders

Higgins, New Orleans: PT71 - 94, 197 - 254, 265 - 313, 450 - 485, 625 - 660, 791 - 808

Commissioned

7-12/1942: PT71 - 80, 82 - 94

1-12/1943: PT81, 197 - 254, 265 - 307

1-8, 12.1944: PT308 - 313, 450 - 485, 625, 626

1-10/1945: PT627 - 660, 791 - 796

Losses

PT73 (15.1.1945), PT77 (1.2.1945), PT79 (1.2.1945), PT200 (22.2.1944), PT202 (16.8.1944), PT218 (16.8.1944), PT219 (14.9.1943), PT239 (14.12.1943), PT247 (5.5.1944), PT251 (26.2.1944), PT279 (11.2.1944), PT283 (17.3.1944), PT300 (18.12.1944), PT301 (7.11.1944), PT311 (18.11.1944)

PT797 - 808 - sold incomplete

Transfers

Soviet Union 2-11/1943: PT85 - 87, 89, 197, 198, 265 - 276, 289 - 294, 625 - 656 (unnamed, No22, unnamed, No21, unnamed, unnamed, No202 - 213, TK-215 - 218, 222, 219, 851- 882)

United Kingdom 4.1943: PT88, 90 - 94, 201, 203 - 217 (MTB419 - 424, MGB181, 189, 182, 190, 177, 183 - 185, 191, 186, 192, 187, 178 - 180, 188)

Discarding

10/1945-1/1946: PT71, 72, 74 - 76, 78, 80 - 84, 197 - 199, 220 - 238, 240 - 246, 248 - 250, 252 - 254, 277 - 278, 280 - 282, 284 - 288, 295 - 299, 302 - 310, 312, 313, 450 - 485, 657 - 660, 791 - 796

 

 

Displacement standard, t

35

Displacement full, t

43 - 48

Length, m

23.9 - 24.0

Breadth, m

6.12

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

4050 - 4500

Max speed, kts

41

Fuel, t

petrol 10800 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

500 (20)

Armament

PT71 - 94, 197 - 254, 265 - 313: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT

PT450 - 485, 625 - 660, 791 - 796: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 - 533 TT

Electronic equipment SO or SCR-517A radar
Complement

17

Project history: 78ft Higgins type, designed on the basis of project made by "British Power Boats".

Modernizations: None.

1.1946, survived: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 - 533 TT, SO or SCR-517A radar

Naval service: No significant events.

PT295

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