Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
PT-35
- PT-20 (Elco 77-Foot) Class Motor Torpedo Boat:
- Displacement: 46 tons
- Length: 77'
- Beam: 19'11"
- Draft: 5'3"
- Speed: 41 knots
- Armament: 4 21" Mk 8 Mod 3 torpedoes in Mk 18 Mod 1 torpedo tubes; 2 .303-cal. Lewis machine guns
- Complement: 12
- 3 4M2500 Packard gasoline engines
- Built at Elco, and placed in service 16 July 1941
- Assigned to Squadron 1
- Transferred to Squadron 3 August 1941
Under command of Ens. A.B. Akers, evacuated Col. Charles A. Willoughby (G-2, USFFE), Lt. Col. LeGrande A. Diller (Aide (PRO), USAFFE), Lt Col. Francis H. Wilson (Aide to Gen .Sutherland), and M/Sgt. Paul P. Rogers (Secretary, USFFE) from Corregidor to Mindanao, 12 Mar 42.
Destroyed to prevent capture, Cebu City, PI, 12 April 42.
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3 June 2009