| 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 | 4 Nov 1942 |
| Launched | 8 Jan 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 May 1943 |
| Lost | 5 May 1944 |
| Loss position | 6° 38'S, 156° 01'E |
| History | Sunk of the southeastern coast of Bougainville in position 06º38'S, 156º01'E by gunfire from Japanese barges and Japanese coastal batteries. |
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