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

PT-41

• PT-20 (Elco 77-Foot) Class Motor Torpedo Boat:
• 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 23 July 1941
• Assigned to Squadron 1
• Transferred to Squadron 3 12 August 1941

Under command of Lt. J.D. Bulkeley, evacuated Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Mrs. MacArthur, Arthur MacArthur, Arthur's Chinese nurse, General Sutherland (USFFE Chief of Staff), Capt. Harold G. Ray (USN), Lt. Col. Sidney L. Huff (Aide), and Maj. C.H. Morehouse (Medical Officer) from Corregidor to Mindanao, 12 March 42.
Destroyed to prevent capture, road to Lake Lanao, Mindanao, PI, April 42.

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS PT-41
• At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy
• Motor Torpedo Boat Manual, February 1943

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