USN
Sunk
March 17, 1943
Off Tufi
(refueling accident)
Executive
Officer Ensign
Donald F. Galloway, USNR
Sunk March 17, 1943
Wartime History
Two boats, (PT 67 and PT 119) burned
and sunk in a fueling accident at Tufi
on March 17, 1943. After the accident, Ensign Donald F. Galloway, USNR
headed the naval detachment on SS Masaya.
Salvage
The wrecks were salvaged for non-ferrous metal in the early
1970s. There are at least two live torpedoes among the wreckage.
References
Thanks to Don
Fetterly for this information.
