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{{short description|World War II Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron of US Navy}}
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[[File:PBY_two_PT_boats_Aleutians,_September_1943.jpg|thumb|right|A PBY Seaplane with VPB-61 taxiing past two PT boats in the Aleutians in September 1943]]
[[file:USS PT-42 at a fueling dock at Pearl Harbor, April 1944. YO-44 is on the opposite side of the pier.jpg|thumb|PT-42 at a fueling dock at Pearl Harbor]]
[[file:USS Hornet with PT-28 and PT-29.jpg|thumb|The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier [[USS Hornet (CV-8)]] off Pearl Harbor after the [[Doolittle Raid]] on Japan, 30 April 1942. PT-28 and PT-29 in the foreground]]
'''Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One''' (MTBRon 1) was a [[World War II]] [[United States Navy]] [[PT boat]] squadron based at [[Naval Base Hawaii]]'s [[Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base]] on 7 December 1941 during the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]. It was commanded by Lieutenant Lt. Comdr. William C. Specht and made up of 12 PT boats. After Pearl Harbor, MTBRon 1 was sent to [[Midway Atoll]] and took part in the [[Battle of Midway]].<ref name=Kilmer /><ref name=Barbin>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BvG7z0B7JgIC&q=PT-23+crankshaft+midway&pg=PA400|first=Harold L.|last= Barbin|title=Beachheads Secured Volume I: The History of Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boats, Their Bases, and Tenders of World War II June 1939-August 31, 1945|pages=400 |date=November 23, 2010|publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=9781450003643}}</ref> MTBRon 1 was then sent to take part in the [[Aleutian campaign]]. MTBRon 1 was commissioned 24 July 1940 and decommissioned 9 February 1945.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/CloseQuarters/PT-A.html|title=HyperWar: At Close Quarters [Appendix A]|website=www.ibiblio.org}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/CloseQuarters/PT-1.html|title=HyperWar: At Close Quarters [Part I]|website=www.ibiblio.org}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/digital-exhibits-highlights/action-reports/wwii-pearl-harbor-attack/motor-torpedo-squadron-one-action-report.html|title=Motor Torpedo Squadron One Action Report|website=public1.nhhcaws.local}}</ref>

==History==
In April 1940 the US Navy designed the idea of PT boat squadrons. PT boat squadrons would have 12 boats each with its own [[commanding officer]]. The PT boat captain, called officers-in-charge and the boat's crew in the squadron would move from boat to boat within their squadron, depending on availability of boats and crews. Boats could be transferred from squadron to squadron as needed based on need and losses. A total of 690 PT boats were built between 7 December 1941, and 1 October 1945. The PT boats were put in 43 Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05idx.htm|title=Motor Torpedo Boat Photo Archive|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref> Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron one originally was made up of experimental boats: PT-1, PT-2, PT-3, PT-4, PT-5, PT-6, PT-7, PT-8, and PT-9. After these early prototype boats had been tested and evaluated, MTBRon 1 boats were replace with new 77-foot [[Elco Naval Division]] PT boats. At the outbreak of [[World War II]] between the United States and [[Imperial Japan]] on 7 December 1941, the squadron one was at the Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base.<ref name="auto3">[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05020.htm PT-20]''navsource.org''</ref>  Of the 12 PT boats at the base, six were at the dock S-13, in Magazine Loch, next to the [[Pearl Harbor Submarine Base]]. The other six were at dock B-12 being loaded on the [[replenishment oiler]] [[USS Ramapo (AO-12)|USS ''Ramapo'']] to be taken to [[Naval Base Philippines]].<ref name=Kilmer>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkFefGBiJLEC&q=pearl+harbor+PT-23+crankshaft&pg=PA194|first=David|last=Kilmer|title=Daughters of Infamy: The Stories of the Ships That Survived Pearl Harbor |pages= 193–195|publisher=iUniverse|date=November 18, 2011|isbn=9781462062522}}</ref> A Naval Yard [[Crane (machine)|crane]] was being used to load the boats onto ''Ramapo''. Squadron one personnel were completing breakfast on a [[Type B ship|submarine barge]] ''YR-20''. ''YR-20'' was being used as [[Motor torpedo boat tender|PT boat tender]] for squadron one. PT boats were moored on the side of and ahead of the barge in three nests of two each. ''YR-20'' was at Berth S-13, at the Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base. At that time the PT boats used the same [[torpedo]]es as the submarines, so the PT Boat base shared space with the Submarine Base. At the 7 December 1941 attack the six PT boats at the Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base were: [[Patrol torpedo boat PT-20|PT-20]], PT-21, PT-22, PT-23, PT-24, and PT-25. As the attack began PT Boats were the first to use their [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns to shoot at the attacking planes. Of the six boats on or being loading on to ''Ramapo'',  PT-26, PT-27, PT-28, PT-29, [[Patrol torpedo boat PT-30|PT-30]] and [[Patrol torpedo boat PT-42|PT-42]], were able to shot at the attacking [[Val bomber]], [[Nakajima B5N|Kate]] and [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero|A6M Zero]].<ref name=Kilmer /> The [[air compressor]]s one each boat had to be start as compressed air is need to operated the two twin [[M2 Browning|.50 caliber]] turrets on each PT boat. Squadron One Duty Officer in the attack was Ens. N. E. Ball. In the attack, Joy Van Zyll de Jong was credited with assisting in the shooting down of one enemy torpedo plane. George B. Huffman, TM1c was credited with assisting in the shooting down of one enemy torpedo plane with PT-23.<ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto"/> The 12 PT Boats fired over 4,000 rounds at the attack planes. PT-23 shot down the first Mitsubishi A6M Zero in the attack.  After the attack some of the boats did [[Anti-submarine weapon|anti-submarine]] patrols in and out of Pearl Harbor. The [[Philippines campaign (1941–1942)|Philippines fell to Japan]] so the 12 PT Boats were not sent to the Philippines. In May 1942 under their own power they were sent to help defend [[Midway Atoll]], a 1,385 mile trip. On the way PT-23 broke down with a broken a crankshaft and returned to Pearl Harbor for repair. PT Boats have a range of about 500 miles, so MTBRon 1 stopped for refueling at [[Necker Island (Hawaii)|Necker Island]], [[French Frigate Shoals]], and [[Lisianski Island]].<ref name="Bulkley79">{{cite book|title=Bulkley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtM_AAAAYAAJ&q=pt-23&pg=PA59|page=79|last1 = Bulkley|first1 = Robert Johns|year = 1962}}</ref><ref name="Bulkley79"/><ref>[https://www.us  ni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2014/october/navys-gallant-sentries The Navy's Gallant Sentries]''usni.org''</ref><ref name=Kilmer />
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For the Battle of Midway (4–7 June 1942), MTBRon 1 performed anti-aircraft support. PT-21 and PT-22 were credited with shooting down an A6M Zero fighter plane. MTBRon 1 was assigned Midway Island perimeter patrol. MTBRon 1 also acted as [[crash boat]]s and doing sea rescue, rescuing downed pilots. Lieutenant Clinton McKellar Jr. was in command of MTBRon 1 for the Battle of Midway, with a base on [[Midway Atoll|Sand Island]]. PT-29 and PT-30 were assigned to [[Kure Atoll]], 55 miles west of Midway. After the battle, on 15 July 1942, MTBRon 1 returned to Pearl Harbor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/m/midway-plan-of-the-day-notes.html|title=Midway Plan of the Day Notes|website=public2.nhhcaws.local}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/browse-by-topic/War%20and%20Conflict/WWII/midway_strategic_and_tactical_analysis.pdf|title=The Battle of Midway Including the Aleutian Phase|pages= 120|publisher=[[U.S. Naval War College]]|date=1948|quote=Meanwhile, at 1920 CNAS Midway decided to employ his motor torpedo boats as an attack squadron and sent a squadron of nine MTB's from Midway and two MTB's from Kure Island to attack the task force containing the burning carriers. They were unable to locate the target. With the coming of daylight they commenced their return to Midway.}}</ref><ref name=Barbin/>
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MTBRon 1 with just PT Boats: PT-22, PT-24, PT-27, and PT-28 were send to [[Adak Island]] to took part the Aleutian campaign starting in July 1942. The [[:image:Quonset hut - Adak Island.jpg|PT boat base]] was at [[:image:Finger Bay. Adak Island, Alaska (16666986085).jpg|Finger Bay]] on Adak Island. At Adak Island was [[:image:USS Cape Cod (AD-43) at Adak, Alaska (USA), circa in September 1989.jpg|US Navy Base]], an airfield, replenishment facilities, a hospital, [[seaplane base]] in Andrew Lagoon, a port at Sweeper Cove, and recreational center.<ref name=Barbin/><ref>[http://www.ptboatworld.com/PT_Boat_Info/pearlharbor.htm PT Boats At Pearl Harbor On 7 December 1941]'ptboatworld.com'']</ref><ref name="auto3"/><ref name=Kilmer />

==Squadron One commanders==
**Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron one commanders during World War II:<ref name="auto2"/>
*Lt. Earl S. Caldwell: July 24, 1940 to February 1941, - Testing of PT boats
*Lt. William C. Specht: February 1941 to February 19, 1942, - Attack on Pearl Harbor 
*Lt. Clinton Mckellar Jr.: February 19 to 24, 1942
*Lt. John Harllee: February 24 to March 12, 1942
*Lt. Comdr. Clinton Mckellar Jr.: March 12, 1942 to May 1943
*Lt. Herbert J. Sherertz, USNR: May 1943 to October 1943, Battle of Midway (4–7 June 1942)
*Lt. Edward M. Erikson, USNR: October 1943 to February 9, 1945, Aleutian campaign

==Assigned PT boats ==
* [[PT-20 class motor torpedo boat|''PT-20'']]: Transferred 13 August 1941 to MTBRON 1, participated in  Dec. 7, Battle of Midway and Aleutian campaign. Struck 22 December 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05020.htm|title=PT-20|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-21'': Transferred 22 December 1942 to [[Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three|MTBRon 3]]. Struck 11 October 1943  <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05021.htm|title=PT-21|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-22'':  Dec. 7, called ''Flying Dueces'' badly damaged in Aleutian campaign by storm off [[Adak, Alaska|Adak, AK]] 11 June 1943 and scrapped.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05022.htm|title=PT-22|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-23'':  Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, MTBRon 3 transfer on 22 December 1942, reclassified as a Small Craft C-55047 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05023.htm|title=PT-23|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-24'': Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, called ''Blue Bitch'', struck 1947,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05024.htm|title=PT-24|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-25'': Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, transfer to MTBRon 3, later C55048 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05025.htm|title=PT-25|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-26'': Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, Aleutian campaign, transfer to MTBRon 327 September 1943.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05026.htm|title=PT-26|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-27'': Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, Aleutian campaign, called ''Sandra Lee'', later Small Craft<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05027.htm|title=PT-27|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-28'': Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, Aleutian campaign. Wrecked in a storm 12 January 1943 in Dora Harbor, [[Unimak Island]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05028.htm|title=PT-28|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* '[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-29|''PT-29'']]: Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, struck 1944 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05029.htm|title=PT-29|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* [[Patrol torpedo boat PT-30|''PT-30'']]: Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, sold in 1947 but fate is unknown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05030.htm|title=PT-30|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
*[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-42|''PT-42'']]: Dec. 7, Battle of Midway, struck 12 December 1944<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05042.htm|title=PT-42|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-31'': Transferred 12 August 1941 in MTBRon 3. Burned by crew to prevent capture 20 January 1942 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05031.htm|title=PT-31|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-33'': Transferred 12 August 1941 to MTBRon 3, destroyed to prevent capture 26 December 1941 off Point Santiago, Philippines <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05033.htm|title=PT-33|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-35'': Transferred 12 August 1941 to MTBRon 3. Scuttled 12 April 1942 at [[Cebu, Philippines]] to prevent capture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05035.htm|title=PT-35|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* [[Patrol torpedo boat PT-37|''PT-37'']]: Transferred 13 August 1941 to MTBRon 2, destroyed 1 February 1943 by Japanese off Guadalcanal<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05037.htm|title=PT-37|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-39'': Transferred 13 August 1941 to MTBRon 2, destroyed 1945 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05039.htm|title=PT-39|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* ''PT-41'': Transferred 12 August 1941 to MTBRon 3, scuttled 15 April 1942 at [[Lake Danao (Leyte)|Lake Danao]], Philippines to prevent capture.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05041.htm|title=PT-41|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
*''PT-42'':	Transferred 12 August 1941 to MTBRon 3, struck December 12, 1944.<ref name="auto1"/>
* ''PT-43'': Transferred 13 August 1941 to MTBRon 2, destroyed to prevent capture 11 January 1943 at [[Guadalcanal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05043.htm|title=PT-43|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>

==Prototype PT boats==
{{main|PT Boat design competition|Plywood Derby}}
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron one was commissioned July 24, 1940 from new types of prototype PT boats.<ref name="auto2"/> The Prototype PT boats came from a [[PT boat#Design competition|PT Boat design competition]]. Two design proposals were picked to be tested 54-foot and 70-foot PT boats. There were [[wood]] and [[aluminium]] hull designs. The PT boats were built by [[Miami Shipbuilding]] in [[Miami, Florida]], [[Fisher Boatworks]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]], [[Higgins Industries]] in [[New Orleans]] and [[Philadelphia Naval Shipyard]] in [[Philadelphia]] and [[Hubert Scott-Paine]]-[[British Power Boat Company]] in the [[Hythe, Hampshire]], [[United Kingdom]] (used by [[Electric Launch Company]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/pt.htm|title=Torpedo Boats PT BPT WWII}}</ref> The Boats were tested in a [[Plywood Derby]] by Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 and Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 2. The Plywood Derby testing at [[New London Harbor]] in July 1941 included Higgins PT-6; Philadelphia Navy Yard PT-8; Elco PT-20, PT-26, PT-30, [[Patrol torpedo boat PT-30|''PT-31'']]; Huckins PT-33, PT-69; and Higgins PT-70, as the shorter 54-foot boats were determined to be too small for use. By April 1941 Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 report that the PT-6, the 81-foot Higgins Boat was the best of the prototype PT boats. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 prototype PT boats were replaced with Elco PT boats from 21 June 1941 to 13 August 1941.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://mysticseaport.org/news/rosenfeld-the-plywood-derby/|title=The Plywood Derby|first=Mystic Seaport|last=Museum|date=March 28, 2017|website=Mystic Seaport Museum}}</ref><ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ_xOY1cPTo|title=The Plywood Derby: The Birth of the PT Boat.|date=May 12, 2022|via=YouTube}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Prototype PT boats
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! Boat
! Length<br>feet
! Builder
! US Navy<br>Delivery date
! Fate - Notes
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|''PT-1''
|58 	
|[[Miami Shipbuilding]]
|Nov. 1941
|Prototype, not used in MTBRon 1. ''Wet Dream'', later "Small Boat" C6083, training craft and ervice launch at [[Melville Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center|Melville PT Center]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05001.htm|title=PT-1|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
|-
|PT-2 	
|58 	
|Miami Shipbuilding 
|Nov. 1941 
|Prototype, not used in MTBRon 1, later C6084, service launch at [[Naval Station Newport]]
|-
|[[PT boat#PT-3|''PT-3'']]	
|58 	
|[[Fisher Boat Works|Fisher Boatworks]] 
|June 1940 	
|July 24, 1940 Prototype, to Britain in 1941 as MTB-273,''Bras D'Or'' in [[Canada]], now at Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, [[Fairton, New Jersey]] for restoration.<ref name="auto8">{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05003.htm|title=PT-3|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
|-
|''PT-4'' 	
|58 	
|Fisher Boatworks
|June 1940 	
|Prototype, ''Old Faithful'' & ''Get In Step'' then to Britain in 1941 as MTB 274<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05004.htm|title=PT-4|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
|-
|''PT-5'' 
|81
|[[Higgins Industries]] 
|March 1941 
|Prototype March 17, 1941, to Britain April 19, 1941 as MTB-269, ''Abadik'' in Canada, then yacht ''Gloria'' in 1948. Won <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05005.htm|title=PT-5|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
|-
|''PT-6'' 	
|81
|[[Higgins Industries]]
|Feb. 1941 
|Prototype March 6, 1941 ''Prime'', to Britain July 29, 1941 as MTB-270<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/058006b.htm|title=PT-6 (2)|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
|-
|''PT-7'' 	
|81
|[[Philadelphia NSY]]
|April 1941 	
|Prototype (aluminum, not wood) November 20, 1940, to Britain July 19, 1941. as MTB-271, ''Banoskik'' in Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05007.htm|title=PT-7|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
|-
|''PT-8'' 	
|81
|Philadelphia NSY
|April 1941 	
|Prototype (aluminum, not wood) October 29, 1940, Squadron 2, August 13, 1941, classed as YP-110, District Patrol Craft in October 1941, Sold June 2008 in [[Franklin, Louisiana]]<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/31110.htm|title=YP|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hubert Scott-Paine#PT boats|PT-9]]
|81
|[[Hubert Scott-Paine|Scott-Paine]]
|June 1940 	
|First Prototype July 24, 1940, Transferred to Squadron 2, November 8, 1940, to Britain 1940 as MTB 258, V-264 and S-09 in Canada 1942, scrapped 1946. Won.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05009.htm|title=PT-9|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Surviving boats==
[[file:PT-3 in July 1940-PT-9.jpg|thumb|PT-3 in July 1940 back boat built by [[Fisher Boatworks]], (PT-9 in front)]]
[[file:PT-8 Underway in 1941.jpeg|thumb|PT-8 Underway in 1941, built by [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]]]
Of the PT boats in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One only two have survived Boats. At the end of the war PT boats were not needed and they used vast amount of fuel, so almost all were scrapped at the end of the war. PT-3 and PT-8 two of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One prototype PT boats have survived. PT-3 and PT-8 were part of the [[PT Boat design competition]] and PT-8 was part of the [[Plywood Derby]], with PT-3 at 58-feet long was not put in the Plywood Derby.<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto6"/>

===PT-3===
*'''''PT-3''''' built by [[Fisher Boatworks]] in  [[Detroit Michigan|Detroit, Michigan]]. PT-3 has a displacement of 25 tons, she has a length of 58-feet and beam of 18-foot. PT-3 was placed in US Navy service 24 July 1940 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ONE (MTBRon 1) for evaluations. MTBRon 1, was under the command of Lt. Earl S. Caldwell. MTBRon 1 was the first PT squadron commissioned and originally was made up of experimental boats PT-3 was transferred 19 April 1942 to the [[Royal Navy]] and reclassified HM MTB-273, but the transfer to the Royal Navy was canceled, transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] and named ''Bras D'Or'' (M-413) for use as a High Speed Rescue Boat, reclassified B-119. Returned to U.S. Navy 10 April 1945. Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 2 May 1946, and sold. In 2012 was at Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, in [[Fairton, New Jersey]], for restoration.<ref name="auto8"/>

===PT-8===
*'''''PT-8''''' was built by [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] with an experimental aluminum-hulled. She has a displacement 51.93 tons, length of 80-feet and 7.75 inches, beam of 16-feet and 8 inches, and a draft of 3-feet. She has a top speed 41 knots. Has built she had four Allison V-12 gasoline engines with 1000&nbsp;hp each, arranged in X-configuration. Later she was upgraded to have stanard PT Boat engines: two [[Packard 1A-2500|Packard 4M-2500]] two shafts. PT-8 was put in the US Navy's Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One on 25 February 1941. PT-8 was ordered on 23 June 1939, laid down on 29 December 1939 and launched on 29 October 1940. She was transferred to [[Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two]] on 13 August 1941 for more testing. Her design was not selected to be a PT boat. So, she was reclassified a District [[Patrol Craft]], and renamed ''YP-110'', on 14 October 1941 and assigned to inshore patrol with the [[Fourth Naval District]] in 1942 in Philadelphia. PT-8 was struck from the Naval Register on 10 January 1943. She was set for salvage on 1 February 1943. But she was retained at Philadelphia Navy Yard for more tests and use. The Navy later sold her postwar. She was sold on eBay in June 2008 and in [[Franklin, Louisiana]], in 2010.<ref name="auto7"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
ELCO and Higgins PT boats, Know Your PT Boat US Navy July 1945.jpg|ELCO and Higgins PT boats, Know Your PT Boat US Navy July 1945
PT-Boat-50cal.jpg|PT Boat [[M2 Browning|50 cal. gun M2 Browning]]
PT 21 Mark 8 torpedo.jpg|PT [[Mark 8 torpedo]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Commons category|PT boats}}
{{Commons category|Battle of Midway}}
{{Commons|Aleutian Islands campaign}}
{{Commons category|Category:Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor}}
{{Commons category|Pearl Harbor attack}}
{{Commons category|Category:Magazine Loch, Pearl Harbor}}
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
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*{{cite book |last1=White |first1=William L. |year=1942 |title=They Were Expendable |location=London |publisher=H. Hamilton  |lccn=43008243 }}
*{{cite book |last=Bulkley |first=Robert J. Jr. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19pNfxXVcqoC&pg=PT1 |chapter=The Fleet Withdraws |title=At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy |publisher=Historical Studies |date=2012 |isbn=9781622800049}}
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFOoxy4pczg War Thunder Naval video]

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