Pacific ships
A boat of this type, not a photograph of this hull

USN · PT

Unknown

Motor torpedo boat. The Allied attack that sank the convoy was by aircraft. These boats came in after dark.

TypeMotor torpedo boat (PT)
HullPT-66
FateNot recorded. Attacked the Bismarck Sea wrecks after dark on 3-4 March 1943.

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-66. 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.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Battle of the Bismarck Sea

1943-03-02 · attacked the wrecks after dark