USN · PT
PT-37
Photos and infoElco 77-foot torpedo boat. Lester H. Gamble had her on the night of 11–12 December 1942, with Henry S. Taylor in PT-40. Each claimed a torpedo hit when Teruzuki sank off Savo. The hit is not pinned to this boat. On 1 February 1943 a shell hit her gasoline tanks off Cape Esperance and she burned. One man was picked up.
| Class | Elco 77-foot class |
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| Type | Motor torpedo boat (PT) |
| Hull | PT-37 |
| Builder | Elco, Bayonne |
| Launched | 1941-06-25 |
| Commissioned | 1941-07-18 |
| Fate | Sunk. On the night of 11–12 December 1942 she was one of the boats that claimed a torpedo hit when Teruzuki sank. That hit is not pinned to her. On 1 February 1943, off Cape Esperance, a shell hit her gasoline tanks and she burned. Ensign James J. Kelly was lost with her. One man was picked up. Later accounts name Kawakaze for the shell. |
| Armament (class) | Seventy-seven-foot motor torpedo boat. A gun forward and torpedo tubes along the deck. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-25720. Jamestown tending PT boats at the New York Navy Yard, 11 October 1941.
The boat in the lower right is PT-37. Her number does not show in this print. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Loss of Teruzuki
1942-12-12 · Gamble's boat. Claimed a torpedo hit. The sinking is not pinned to this boat.
