Patrol torpedo boat PT-657
PT-657 sister 78-foot Higgins PT Boat PT-658
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History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Higgins Industries, New Orleans |
Laid down | 16 February 1945[1] |
Launched | 2 April 1945 |
Completed | 21 July 1945 |
Commissioned | 1945 |
Decommissioned | 28 November 1945 |
Identification | Callsign: Nan - Queen - Item - William |
Fate | Sold Charter fishing boat Owner William Wilkerson at H & M Landing, San Diego Named Malihini. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | PT-625-class Higgins 78 ft (24 m) PT boat[1] |
Displacement | 103,000 lb (47,000 kg) |
Length | 78 ft 6 in (23.93 m) |
Beam | 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) |
Draft | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
Installed power | 3 × 1,850 shp (1,380 kW) Packard 5M-2500 V12 engines |
Propulsion | 3 shafts |
Speed | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) |
Range | 520 nmi (960 km; 600 mi) at 2,000 rpm |
Complement | 2 officers, 14 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Raytheon SO |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Farnsworth BN Interrogator Responsor and Hazeltine BK Transponder IFF |
Armament |
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Motor torpedo boat PT-657 is a PT-657-class Higgins 78-foot (24 m) PT boat, built for the United States Navy during World War II. PT-657 was built at Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana. PT-657 part of United States Navy order for boats: PT-625 to PT-660. PT-657 was laid down on 16 February 1945, launched on 2 April 1945 and completed on 21 July 1945.[1][2] PT-657 was scheduled for transfer to the Soviet Union on the Lend-Lease act, but the war need before the transfer and the transfer was canceled. With the war ending on in September 1945 and no need for PT-boats, PT-657 was struck as a PT boat from the Navy Register on 28 November 1945. Later sold off as a charter fishing boat Malihini in San Diego, California.[1][3]
History
[edit]This group of PT boats was delivered to the US Navy 31 July 1945 and was to be part of PT Squadron (RON) 45. PT-657 on a LST ship going from New Orleans to Seattle when the war ended.[4] The LST ship returned to New Orleans. [5] ' On 14 November 1946 PT-657 was transferred to the War Shipping Administration 14 November 1946 to be sold as surplus. PT-625 was sold and converted to a charter fishing boat, in a non-historical configuration. She is now owned by William Wilkerson of San Diego, operating out of H & M Landing, San Diego, named Malihini. [1] [6][3][7] The word Malihini is a Hawaiian word meaning a foreigner, a stranger or newcomer to a place.[8]
Gallery
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ELCO and Higgins PT boats, Know Your PT Boat US Navy July 1945
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PT Boat 50 cal. gun M2 Browning
See also
[edit]- List of museum ships
- Patrol torpedo boat PT-658 sister boat
- Patrol torpedo boat PT-617
- Motor torpedo boat PT-796
- Motor torpedo boat PT-658
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "PT-657". www.navsource.org.
- ^ "HyperWar: Motor Torpedo Boat Manual, February 1943". ibiblio.org.
- ^ a b Motor torpedo boat PT-657, uboat.net
- ^ "HyperWar: At Close Quarters [Appendix A]". www.ibiblio.org.
- ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 9/04/12 through 9/07/12". National Park Service. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ^ "PT-658". MuseumShips.
- ^ "HyperWar: PT-657". ibiblio.org.
- ^ Hawaiian Word of the Day: Malihini, 1 August 2019, hawaiinewsnow.com