USN · PT
PT-130
Photos and infoElco 80-foot boat. Elco Works, Bayonne. Placed in service 7 September 1942. Lieutenant (junior grade) Ian D. Malcolm had her at Surigao Strait. A shell that did not explode tore the bow. Her radio died. The contact report went out through PT-127 and the tender Wachapreague. Not sunk in the battle. Stripped and destroyed on 28 October 1945.
| Type | Motor torpedo boat (PT) |
|---|---|
| Hull | PT-130 |
| Builder | Elco Works, Bayonne |
| Fate | Afloat. Not sunk at Surigao Strait. Stripped and destroyed on 28 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-130. 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 · holed by a shell that did not explode
