PT-130 was an 80-foot Elco from the Elco Works at Bayonne: about 56 tons, three Packard gasoline engines, roughly 40 knots, and a crew of about 14 to 17. She was placed in service on 7 September 1942 in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 7.
On the night of 24-25 October 1944 Lieutenant (junior grade) Ian D. Malcolm had her in Lieutenant Weston C. Pullen's section, with PT-152 and PT-131, about 18 miles off Bohol. The boats were among 39 under Commander Selman S. Bowling.
Malcolm slowed to lay smoke for the burning PT-152. An 8-inch shell struck a glancing blow on the port forward torpedo, shaved off most of the warhead, ripped up deck planking, and went out through the bow above the waterline without exploding. The ship that fired it is not identified. The concussion killed the radio. Malcolm ran south, found Lieutenant (junior grade) John A. Cady's section near Camiguin, boarded PT-127, and used her radio. That was the first contact report Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf received, just after midnight. It went from PT-130 to PT-127 to the tender Wachapreague, and on to Louisville.
She transferred to Squadron 8 on 15 February 1945 and was stripped and destroyed on 28 October 1945. She was not sunk in the battle.