Allied Warships

USS PT 56

Motor torpedo boat of the ELCO 77' class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMotor torpedo boat
ClassELCO 77' 
Pennant 
Built byElectric Launch Company Ltd. (Elco), (Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered10 Apr 1941 
Laid down15 Jul 1941 
Launched25 Sep 1941 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Never commissioned in the United States Navy.
Completed on 28 February 1942 and transferred to the Royal Navy the same day.
Renamed MTB 314 by the Royal Navy.

 
Career notesTo Britain as BPT 8

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