Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

PT-32

• PT-20 (Elco 77-Foot) class Motor Topedo Boat:
• Displacement: 46 tons
• Length: 77'
• Beam: 19'11"
• Draft: 5'3"
• Speed: 41 knots
• Armament: 4 21" Mk 8 Mod 3 torpedoes in Mk 18 Mod 1 torpedo tubes; 2 .303-cal. Lewis machine guns
• Complement: 12
• 3 4M2500 Packard gasoline engines
• Built at Elco, and placed in service 10 July 1941
• Assigned to Squadron 2
• Transferred to Squadron 3 12 August 1941

  Under command of Lt. (jg) V.E. Schumacher, evacuated Brig. Gen. Spencer B. Akin (Signals Officer, USFFE), Brig. Gen. Hugh J. Casey (Engineering Officer, USFFE), Brig. Gen. William F. Marquat (Antiaircraft Artillery Officer, USFFE), Brig. Gen. Harold H. George (Air Officer, USFFE), and Lt. Col. Joe R. Sherr (Asst Signals Officer, USFFE) from Corregidor to Mindinao, 12 March 42.

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS PT-32
• At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy
• Motor Torpedo Boat Manual, February 1943

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