Cape that is located
to the west of Wewak and
Cape Wom.
July 15/16, 1944
PT Boats Attack Barges, One Sank
PT-133 Captain Lt.
(jg) Fendall M. Clagett (USNR) and PT-128 Captain Ens. T.E. Moran (USNR).
On the night of July 15/16, 1944, attacked three barges off Cape Pus,
sinking one and damaging the other two on the first run. As they were
circling, a 40mm gun opened up from shore, its first round hitting
PT-133 amidship setting gas tanks on fire and one crew man went overboard,
for five minutes they fought the flames, then abandoned ship. The crew
took to rubber rafts and 10 mintues later the boat exploded, split
into two sections and sank. PT-128 was holed in four places and had
two wounded aboard. PT-143 was called in to pick up the men in the
rafts.
