USN · PT
PT-40
Photos and infoElco 77-foot torpedo boat. Henry S. Taylor had her on the night of 11–12 December 1942, with Lester H. Gamble in PT-37. Each claimed a torpedo hit when Teruzuki sank off Savo. The hit is not pinned to this boat. She survived the war, came home to Melville in 1944, and was advertised for sale in 1946.
| Class | Elco 77-foot class |
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| Type | Motor torpedo boat (PT) |
| Hull | PT-40 |
| Builder | Elco, Bayonne |
| Launched | 1941-07-07 |
| Commissioned | 1941-07-22 |
| Fate | Afloat. On the night of 11–12 December 1942 Henry S. Taylor had her and claimed a torpedo hit when Teruzuki sank. That hit is not pinned to her. She survived the Solomons. Reclassified as the small boat C73995 on 15 April 1944 and laid up at Melville. Advertised for sale in October 1946. |
| 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 NR&L (MOD)-32490. PT-40 at Melville, Rhode Island, about July 1944, back from Guadalcanal and used to train repair crews. The number 40 is on the cabin. 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 · Taylor's boat. Claimed a torpedo hit. The sinking is not pinned to this boat.
