| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Motor torpedo boat |
| Class | ELCO 77' |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Electric Launch Company Ltd. (Elco), (Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 |
| Laid down | 26 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 8 Oct 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5 Mar 1942 |
| End service | |
| History |
Commands listed for USS PT 59
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, USNR | Oct 1943 |
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