Allied Warships

USS PT 489

Motor torpedo boat of the ELCO 80' class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMotor torpedo boat
ClassELCO 80' 
Pennant 
Built byElectric Launch Company Ltd. (Elco), (Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered27 Apr 1943 
Laid down5 Aug 1943 
Launched27 Oct 1943 
Commissioned26 Nov 1943 
End service 
HistorySold in May 1946.

 

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1Lt. Wilfred Benjamin Tatro, Jr., USN< Sep 44???

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