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PT-41

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TypeMotor torpedo boat (PT)
HullPT-41
BuilderElco, Bayonne
Commissioned1941-07-23
FateSunk. 15 April 1942 near Lake Lanao, on Mindanao, to keep her from capture. On 13 April she had been turned over to the Army.

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

Elco 77-foot motor torpedo boat. Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley commanded her, and the squadron. MacArthur, his wife, and their son left Corregidor in this boat on the night of 11 March 1942.

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