Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

PT-34

• PT-20 (Elco 77-Foot) Class
• Displacement: 46 tons
• Length: 77'
• Beam: 19'11"
• Draft: 5'3"
• Speed: 41 knots
• Armament: 4 21" Mk 8 Mod 3 torpedoes in Mk 18 Mod 1 torpedo tubes; 2 .303-cal. Lewis machine guns
• Complement: 12
• 3 4M2500 Packard gasoline engines
• Built at Elco, and placed in service 12 July 1941
• Assigned to Squadron 2
• Transferred to Squadron 3 12 August 1941

Under command of Lt. R.G. Kelly, evacuated Admiral Rockwell, General Marshall (Deputy Chief of Staff, USFFE), Col. Charles P. Stivers (G-1, USFFEE), Capt. Joseph McMicking (Philippine Army, Asst. G-2, USFFE) from Corregidor to Mindanao, 12 Mar 42.
Sunk by 4 Japanese flying boats at Cauit Island, PI, 9 April 42.

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS PT-34
• At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy
• Motor Torpedo Boat Manual, February 1943

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In well deck of tanker, en route to P.I., September 1941

Deck plan

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