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USN 80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat 56 Tons 80' x 20' 8" x 5' 1 x 40mm 2 x Twin .50 cal MG 4 x 21" torpedoes Robert Iannucci 2012 |
Ship History Built by Electric Boat Company (Elco) in Bayonne, NJ. Laid down July 27, 1943 as 80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat. Launched October 16, 1943 as PT-486. Completed November 25, 1943 and entered service December 2, 1943 in the U.S. Navy (USN). Wartime History During December 1943, PT-486 was to be assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 33 (MTBRon-33). Instead, assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 4 (MTBRon-4) under the command of captain Lt. Comdr. Francis D. Tappaan, USNR for use as a training vessel at the MTB Squadrons Training Center in Melville, RI. Postwar In early 1946 assigned to Operational Development Force at Solomons, Maryland. Placed out of service January 6, 1946. Struck from the Naval Register February 7, 1946. Reclassified as a small boat C105335 on August 27, 1946. Transfered to the War Shipping Administration and sold as war surplus. On October 9, 1951 purchased by BFM Industries of Brooklyn, NY and operated by Captain George C. Sinn of Wildwood Crest, NJ. In 1954 sold to Otto F. Stocker and named "Sightseer" an operated from Ottens Harbor in Wildwood, NJ. During 1978, sold to Charles Schumann. Next, sold to Ron Sinn, who restore the the vessel with replica torpedo tubes and "109" [PT-109] on the bow and bridge painted gray and the hull painted white. On the stern was "Bayonne, NJ". By 2012 in storage on blocks and offered for sale at Ottens Harbor in Wildwood, NJ. Today During July 2012 sold to Robert Iannucci / Fleet Obsolete. On July 14-25, 2012 transported by truck from New Jersey to Fleet Obsolete in Kingston, NY. Stored outdoors with a cover atop the hull at Fleet Obsolete. References At Close Quarters PT Boats in the United States Navy (1962) page 455, 477, 584 (index) NavSource - C105335 ex-PT-486 (photos) YouTube "PT-486 in transit on the New York State Thruway to Fleet Obsolete" July 24, 2012 Contribute
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