USN · PT
PT-493
Photos and infoElco 80-foot motor torpedo boat, called Carole-Baby. Elco Works, Bayonne. Laid down 17 August 1943, launched 6 November 1943, placed in service 6 December 1943. Lieutenant (junior grade) Richard W. Brown had her in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 33. On the night of 24-25 October 1944 she was in the middle of Surigao Strait with PT-490 and PT-491. Her torpedo hung in the rack. Three Japanese shells hit her. She was beached on Panaon and sank after daylight. She was the only motor torpedo boat lost in the battle.
| Type | Motor torpedo boat (PT) |
|---|---|
| Hull | PT-493 |
| Builder | Elco Works, Bayonne |
| Launched | 1943-11-06 |
| Fate | Sunk. Beached on Panaon on 25 October 1944. After daylight the tide lifted her off and she sank. Destroyed by enemy warships. |
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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.
No photograph of PT-493. 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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Command
Battle of Surigao Strait
1944-10-25 · beached on Panaon; sank after daylight
