| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Motor torpedo boat |
| Class | Higgins 78' |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Higgins Industies (New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 25 Mar 1942 |
| Laid down | 2 Sep 1942 |
| Launched | 30 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 26 Feb 1943 |
| End service | 1944 |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy in 1944 being renamed MGB 180. |
| Career notes | To Britain as MGB 180 |
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Notable events involving PT 216 include:
PT 216 torpedoed the JUMINDA in night of 21./22. October 1943 northwest of Porto Santo Stefano (Monte Argentario). The date 23.October 1943 is definitely wrong (I have the war diaries of the minelayer JUMINDA and a lot of other documents. Please look at my website www.manfred-krellenberg.de. There you will find the story of the JUMINDA (1)
22 Oct 1943
The US motor torpedo boats USS PT 206, USS PT 212 and USS PT 216 torpedo and sink the German auxiliary minelayer Juminda (742 GRT, former Italian Elbano Gasperi) 2 nautical miles west of San Stefano, Monte Argentario, Italy in position 42°27'N, 11°05'E.
Sources
- Personal communication