Patrol torpedo boat PT-41
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States Navy | |
| Name | PT-41 |
| Builder | Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 30 April 1941 |
| Launched | 8 July 1941 |
| Completed | 23 July 1941 |
| Fate | Destroyed to prevent capture, 15 April 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Elco 77-foot PT boat |
| Displacement | 40 long tons (41 t) |
| Length | 77 ft (23 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 11 in (6.07 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Propulsion | 3 × 1,500 shp (1,119 kW) Packard V12 M2500 gasoline engines, 3 shafts |
| Speed | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) |
| Complement | 15 |
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| Operations: | Philippines campaign (1941–1942) |
Patrol torpedo boat PT-41 was a PT-20-class motor torpedo boat of the United States Navy, built by the Electric Launch Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. The boat was laid down as Motor Boat Submarine Chaser PTC-21, but was reclassified as PT-41 prior to its launch on 8 July 1941, and was completed on 23 July 1941. It was used to evacuate General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor at the beginning of the war in the Pacific in World War II.