Motor Torpedo Boat PT 105
 USS PT-105 | |
| History | |
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| Name: | PT-105 |
| Builder: | Elco Motor Yachts, Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 5 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 4 June 1942 |
| Completed: | 26 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | June 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | November 1945 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | PT boat |
| Displacement: | 56 long tons (57 t) (full load) |
| Length: | 80 ft (24 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) maximum (aft) |
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| Speed: | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) maximum (trials) |
| Endurance: | 12 hours, 6 hours at top speed |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 14 enlisted men |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | Deck house fitted with armor plate to protect against rifle bullets and splinters |
PT-105 was a Motor Torpedo Boat of the United States Navy during World War II. The 80-foot (24 m) vessel was built by the Elco Motor Yacht Company of Bayonne, New Jersey, in early 1942, and served until the end of the war.
Service history
PT-105 was commissioned in June 1942, as part of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 5,[1] under the command of Cdr. Henry Farrow.[2] From September 1942 until early in 1943 she served on the Panama Sea Frontier, when she was transferred to the Solomon Islands. PT-105, under the command of Lt. Richard E. Keresey,[3] was present during the action with Japanese destroyers in the Blackett Strait on the night of 1-2 August 1943, in the aftermath of which Lt.(jg) John F. Kennedy's PT-109 was sunk. On the 22nd of that month, she participated in a daylight raid on the Kolombangara coast that provoked a considerable fight between PT boats and enemy coastal guns. At the end of 1944 MTB Squadron 5 was disbanded and its remaining boats distributed to other squadrons.[1]
On 15 February 1945 PT-105 was transferred to MTB Squadron 18, under the command of Lt. Edward Macauley III, and saw action in New Guinea; at Manus Island in the Admiralties; and at Morotai in the Halmaheras. She was also based for a time at Kana Kopa, New Guinea, and in San Pedro Bay, Philippines, but saw no action there.[1]
The vessel was placed out of service on 1 November 1945, and later stripped and scrapped at Samar, Philippines.[1]
References
- ↑ "Obituaries: Richard Egan Keresey". NorthJersey.com. May 26, 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History & Heritage Command.
Further reading
- Keresey, Richard Egan (September 2003). PT-105. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-469-2. OCLC 52784190.