USN · PT
PT-127
Photos and infoElco 80-foot boat. Elco Works, Bayonne. Placed in service 4 September 1942. Ensign Dudley J. Johnson had her at Surigao Strait. At 0010 on 25 October she sent the first contact report, with Malcolm aboard. Not hit. Stripped and destroyed on 26 October 1945.
| Type | Motor torpedo boat (PT) |
|---|---|
| Hull | PT-127 |
| Builder | Elco Works, Bayonne |
| Fate | Afloat. Not hit at Surigao Strait. Stripped and destroyed on 26 October 1945. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
No photograph of PT-127. This is a U.S. Navy PT boat patrolling off New Guinea in 1943, the same kind of boat. It is not this hull. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Battle of Surigao Strait
1944-10-25 · sent the first contact report; not hit
