Allied Warships

Motor torpedo boats

All Motor torpedo boats classes. The list is divided by navy, then ordered by number of ships of that class.


US Navy

 ELCO 80' (346)
 Higgins 78' (217)
 Vosper 72' (136)
 ELCO 77' (49)
 Huckins 78' (18)
 ELCO 70' (10)
 Fisher 58' (2)
 Folgal 58' (2)
 PT 5 (1)
 PT 6 (1)
 PT 7 (1)
 PT 8 (1)
 PT 9 (1)


Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class. Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), that is not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.

War losses: Motor torpedo boats


 DateVesselClass

1941

15 Dec 1941USS PT 33ELCO 77' 

1942

20 Jan 1942USS PT 31ELCO 77' 
13 Mar 1942USS PT 32ELCO 77' 
9 Apr 1942USS PT 34ELCO 77' 
12 Apr 1942USS PT 35ELCO 77' 
15 Apr 1942USS PT 41ELCO 77' 
12 Dec 1942USS PT 44ELCO 77' 

1943

11 Jan 1943USS PT 112ELCO 80' 
11 Jan 1943USS PT 43ELCO 77' 
12 Jan 1943USS PT 28ELCO 77' 
1 Feb 1943USS PT 111ELCO 80' 
1 Feb 1943USS PT 123ELCO 80' 
1 Feb 1943USS PT 37ELCO 77' 
17 Mar 1943USS PT 119ELCO 80' 
17 Mar 1943USS PT 67ELCO 77' 
23 May 1943USS PT 165ELCO 80' 
23 May 1943USS PT 173ELCO 80' 
2 Jul 1943USS PT 153ELCO 80' 
2 Jul 1943USS PT 158ELCO 80' 
20 Jul 1943USS PT 166ELCO 80' 
1 Aug 1943USS PT 117ELCO 80' 
1 Aug 1943USS PT 164ELCO 80' 
2 Aug 1943USS PT 109ELCO 80' 
8 Aug 1943USS PT 113ELCO 80' 
7 Sep 1943USS PT 118ELCO 80' 
7 Sep 1943USS PT 172ELCO 80' 
17 Sep 1943USS PT 136ELCO 80' 
30 Sep 1943USS PT 68ELCO 77' 
19 Nov 1943USS PT 147ELCO 80' 
23 Nov 1943USS PT 322ELCO 80' 
14 Dec 1943USS PT 239Higgins 78' 

1944

4 Jan 1944USS PT 145ELCO 80' 
26 Jan 1944USS PT 110ELCO 80' 
11 Feb 1944USS PT 279Higgins 78' 
22 Feb 1944USS PT 200Higgins 78' 
26 Feb 1944USS PT 251Higgins 78' 
7 Mar 1944USS PT 337ELCO 80' 
17 Mar 1944USS PT 283Higgins 78' 
27 Mar 1944USS PT 121ELCO 80' 
27 Mar 1944USS PT 353ELCO 80' 
12 Apr 1944USS PT 135ELCO 80' 
29 Apr 1944USS PT 346ELCO 80' 
29 Apr 1944USS PT 347ELCO 80' 
5 May 1944USS PT 247Higgins 78' 
27 May 1944USS PT 339ELCO 80' 
18 Jun 1944USS PT 107ELCO 80' 
18 Jun 1944USS PT 63ELCO 77' 
24 Jun 1944USS PT 193ELCO 80' 
15 Jul 1944USS PT 133ELCO 80' 
9 Aug 1944USS PT 509ELCO 80' 
16 Aug 1944USS PT 202Higgins 78' 
16 Aug 1944USS PT 218Higgins 78' 
23 Aug 1944USS PT 555ELCO 80' 
11 Oct 1944USS PT 368ELCO 80' 
25 Oct 1944USS PT 493ELCO 80' 
5 Nov 1944USS PT 320ELCO 80' 
10 Nov 1944USS PT 321ELCO 80' 
18 Nov 1944USS PT 311Higgins 78' 
25 Nov 1944USS PT 363ELCO 80' 
10 Dec 1944USS PT 323ELCO 80' 
18 Dec 1944USS PT 300Higgins 78' 

1945

14 Jan 1945USS PT 73Higgins 78' 
28 Jan 1945USS PT 338ELCO 80' 
1 Feb 1945USS PT 77Higgins 78' 
1 Feb 1945USS PT 79Higgins 78' 

65 Motor torpedo boats lost. See all Allied Warship losses.

See all Allied Warship types


Books dealing with this subject include:

The Devices of War, Kemp, Norman, 1956
Torpedo Run, Reeman, Douglas, 1981



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