Pacific ships
PT-34

USN · PT

Sunk

Elco 77-foot motor torpedo boat. Lieutenant Robert B. Kelly commanded her on the run that took MacArthur from Corregidor to Cagayan. Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell rode this boat.

TypeMotor torpedo boat (PT)
HullPT-34
BuilderElco, Bayonne
Commissioned1941-07-12
FateSunk. 9 April 1942 at Cauit Island, off Cebu, by Japanese aircraft. Not credited to one plane.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Evacuation of MacArthur from Corregidor

1942-03-11 · Kelly's boat; Rockwell aboard; reached Cagayan with PT-41

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