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

USS PT-518

• PT-103 class Motor Torpedo Boat:
• Displacement: 38 tons
• Length: 80'
• Beam: 20'7"
• Draft: 5'
• Speed: 41 knots
• Armament: 2 21" Mk. torpedoes in 2 launchers; 1 37mm forward, 1 40mm aft
• Complement: 2 officers, 12 enlisted
• 3 4M2500 12-cylinder Packard gasoline engines; 1,200 hp
• Built at Elco, Bayonne, N.J., and commissioned 27 February 1944
• Transferred to U.S.S.R. 7 April 1945

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS PT-518
• At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy
• Motor Torpedo Boat Manual, February 1943
• MTBRon 35

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